Simone Zaza is again being linked with Saints this weekend, but we will have competition if we are to sign him and guess where that will come from and keep coming from.
One of the downsides of losing a manager is that he is privy to all of the players we have been monitoring over the past year, so Ronald Koeman arrives at Goodison Park armed with a lot of knowledge and add the multi millions that Everton now seem to be willing to throw at players, it means that we are probably going to face competition from them with virtually every deal we go for.
This is just a fact of life and the main issue when Saints lose a manager is not so much his ability to pick the side, but the fact he will have had a big input into our transfer strategy and will want some of those players himself.
Saints have been linked with Juventus striker Simone Zaza for some time now, as have West Ham United, but now both of us face competition from Everton.
But for all their money Everton are not an attractive proposition on the field, there is a big rebuilding job needed and they will have to pay over the odds to land their targets.
They are demanding Champions League qualification in the Everton boardroom this season, but this deal perhaps highlights that before they can take on the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea there are a few clubs in their way and Saints and West Ham are two of them.
West Ham especially are a side who with their move to the Olympic Stadium will be looking to make an impact, there will be more money available to spend and with Europa League qualification on offer as well, it will be difficult for Everton to match them in a transfer tug of war.
Saints however have to rely on a different strategy that both the Hammers and the Toffee's, ours is not based on spending money, but building on a solid foundation and this is why we rarely shop for English players these days, continental players still look at their careers first before money, whereas your average English born player will look at his wallet first.
Either way we need to be getting our new manager in place so we can get his input into our strategy, that being the case I would guess the Zaza story is little more than his agent trying to get his client into the shop window.