With this season now nothing more than trying to avoid the dubious distinction of having the Premier League lowest points total record, this January will be about clearing the decks ready for a summer rebuild and one man most would not be sorry so see leave is Kamaldeen Sulemana.
According to msn.com Southampton are in talks with Genoa in Italy's Seri A for Kamaldeen Sulemana.
Sulemana joined Saints in the January window two years ago for £22 million, he did very little in his first few months to save us, although in the final game of that season he scored twice as we drew with Liverpool in the final match.
If we thought that this would lead to stunning displays in the Championship we were wrong, he would make 25 appearances, but only 10 would be starts, in total he had 948 minutes on the pitch, but his total contribution would be no goals and just 3 assists and he would play little part in the final games of the season.
This season he has fared even worse, it is hard to think of any positive words for his performances and perhaps it is time to try and cut our losses.
His value has dropped to around £12 million, almost halved from the fee we paid just two years ago, but we will find it hard to find a buyer even at that price.
The footballing media in Italy are saying that Patrick Viera is keen to bring in Sulemana to boost his Genoa sides attacking options, but the deal is more likely to be a loan one.
That is due to the wages, Sulemana is highly unlikely to find a club that is willing to pay him the salary he is getting at St Mary's, so it looks like we are stuck with yet another of the class of 2023, who we can't give away because the player will not take a pay cut.
This is going to be a feature of this January, I would be very surprised if Saints made anything other than loan signings, it is going to about trimming the squad and getting what we can for a transfer kitty to be used in the summer.
That might not be news the fans want to hear, but the reality is that we have little chance of staying up, so we need to start planning for next season.