Reporting on the BBC's Late kick Off programme last night, presenter Tony Husband's stated that Tadanari lee would be out for the season.
Husband's who has for many years worked from the BBC's headquarters in Southampton and covered Saints and other teams in the area obviously has very close connections and certainly BBC Radio Solent appear to be the local media outlet of choice for Saints at the moment, for these reasons this cannot just be dismissed as rumour.
Other media outlets including the Club's own official site havent reported this, which suggests that this was either an exclusive for the BBC or they have got it wrong, given the background of Husband's explained in the paragraph I would say its more likely to be the former.
The problem at the moment with news like this, including the Rickie Lambert rumours doing the rounds at the moment, is that with the Club seemingly persuing a policy of silence with regard to injuries in order to give nothing away to the opposition, when it becomes clear he is missing more than the odd game, rumours easily start as supporters start to disbelieve the Club when they make any announcement regarding injuries.