Bringing in six new players to St. Mary’s Stadium in the summer, Claude Puel has already stamped his own authority on the Saints side he inherited from Ronald Koeman.
Out of that six, both Nathan Redmond and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg have impressed so far while the consensus is that there is a lot more to come from the exciting Sofiane Boufal.
Having had a lot of time to stew on the 2-1 loss to Hull City prior to the international break, the result was incredibly disappointing but in reality, the Saints had put a lot into their Europa League win over Inter Milan days earlier.
Currently 10th in the Premier League table, it has been a solid start by Claude Puel in the main with Southampton through to the last eight of the EFL Cup while their European qualification destiny is still in their own hands.
Boasting a strong enough roster, bolstered by the presence of many youth team starlets who have proved they are ready to be called upon in the case of Sam McQueen, Saints may need to fight off interest in their own stars come January.
Virgil van Dijk and Jose Fonte have both been interesting Manchester United and while Saints fans will hope to keep hold of their star defensive duo, today we’re concentrating on who Claude Puel could bring in himself.
With this in mind, This Is Futbol have today devised a list of the FIVE most believable Saints Toffees January transfer rumours.