With a move for Morgan Schneiderlin looking imminent, Saints will close in on his replacement.
There have been a number of targets in the press to join Saints after Morgan Schniederlin leaves, although the club have made half hearted quotations about the Frenchman staying, the reality is that once the July1st contract anniversary and therefore loyalty bonus payment is passed Schneiderlin will be leaving faster than his fellow countryman Napoleon at Waterloo 200 years ago.
Not that I begrudge Morgan his bonus payment and big money move, far from it if anyone deserves it it is him.
But as I said a lot a year ago its not what happens, its what you do next and now Saints will start to close in on their own targets
First up will be Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord, who is reported as being on the market for around £13 million but is more likely to be bought for slightly less, maybe as low as £10 million.
The Dutch midfielder was heavily linked with joining his former boss Ronald Koeman last summer, but in the end opted to sign a new deal with Feyenoord, now he seems likely to finally arrive at St Mary's
Also rumoured to be on Saints radar is Idressa Gueye from Lille and he is thought to be available for around £7 million.
Yohan Cabaye is the bookies favourite to join and his asking price will be around the £10 million mark.
This means that if Schneiderlin goes for the £24-25 million buy out clause level it is feasible that Saints could sign two out of these three targets and still have change from the whole deal overall.
This is the way forward for Saints if they want to strengthen the squad yard on year and as good as Schneiderlin is I would say that overall replacing him with any two out of these three would do that.