Southampton Defender Linked With Move To Championship Rivals
One thing is for sure this summer and that is that the size of the squad is way too large and there has already been movement out, but it seems that there could be more departures on the way.
The Daily Echo is reporting that Charlie Taylor could be on his way to Norwich City, at least according to the local media in East Anglia who are saying that after missing out on their first target Aaron Cresswell who has left West Ham to join Stoke City, they will pursue Taylor.
The defender arrived at St Mary's from Burnley last summer and soon found himself out of favour with Russell Martin and neither Ivan Juric nor Simon Rusk played him much either.
That seemed strange as Taylor seemed to have the experience that was clearly lacking in the Saints defence and when he did play he showed that he had quality, as was highlighted in the final game of the season against Arsenal.
But the back four (or three or five) is vastly over populated and it seems cuts will have to be made, this made it even stranger why the 31 year old Jack Stephens was offered a 3 year deal.
So it seems Taylor could be out of the door soon, which would be a shame, I would expect that Southampton won't be demanding much of a fee, even though he still has a year left on his deal, it will be more about getting bodies off the books and also wages.
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