Now Ronald Koeman has his feet under the table Saints need to get Jack Cork's signature on a new contract.
Jack Cork is the un sung hero of the Saints side, in 2012/13 he was second only to Morgan Schneiderlin in the player of the year vote, last season he was strangely frozen out by Mauricio Pochettino whose rigid team selections and tactics did not seem to let him think he could play both Cork and Schneiderlin in the same side, Cork was frozen out playing barely ten minutes of football in the opening four months of the season.
Injuries to Wanyama let him into the side and he never looked back despite the fact that Pochettino seemed determined to drop him whenever Wanyama approached fitness, by the latter stages of the season Cork was in great form again meaning that even Pochettino and his rigid ways could not leave him out and this was reflected in the player of the year voting with Cork again being in the top 3 and his replacement Wanyama nowhere.
The arrival of Ronald Koeman could be good for Cork, the Dutchman plays a much more flexible game and this could allow all three of Cork, Wanyama and Schneiderlin in the same side, rumours of course are saying that the Frenchman will leave for a not insubstancial fee, if he does then in Cork we already have his replacement at the club with the plethora of central midfielders we already have, that being the case I don't fear the loss of Schneiderlin, in fact perversely almost would welcome it, I feel we already have the quality in the centre of the park at the club and although yes you don't really want to lose arguably the best of that bunch, a big fee for Schneiderlin could help us really rebuild the squad, not just in first choice players but in getting in some good quality for the rest of the squad, something lacking under Pochettino.
So a major problem in my opinion that needs sorting is getting Jack Cork a new contract, get that done and that is almost as important as bringing in new men, the rebuilding is under way and it is looking that aside from a rebuild we will be much stronger as a squad overall, but let's not forget that we have to deal with issues at home as well.