Saints have confirmed another departure from St Mary's, midfielder Alex Jankewitz infamous for his red card at Manchester United, has completed a move to Switzerland to join BSC Young Boys in a move that is clearly driven by the player and his agent.
The four paragraph statement from the club to confirm that Jankewitz had left to join BSC Young Boys for an undisclosed fee perhaps spoke a lot more than it actually let on, Jankewitz was rated as a player at St Mary's but had become impatient at a lack of first team opportunities that had come his way in a central midfield that was packed with senior professionals leaving him way down the pecking order.
Jankewitx played just three times for the first team at St Mary's, his debut came as an 85th minute substitute against Shrewsbury in the FA Cup and then as a last minute substitute in the Premier League against Aston Villa.
But he will be remembered by Saints fans purely for his 3rd and final appearance for the club at Old Trafford, there he was sent off in the opening minute for a horrendous mistimed tackle that reduced Saints down to 10 men.
This perhaps tells you a lot about the players temperament and certainly he has been angling for a move out of St Mary's since.
He seems impatient to be playing first team football and he is certainly not ready for the Premier League just yet, at 19 he has to learn his trade and earn his right to be in the first team, although i don't fall into the category of those who demanded that he never play for us again after that rout against United, I hoped that this might have been his breakthrough season coming up.
But that is not to be, he has forced Saints hand with just a year left on his contract and the club have moved him on.
Whether this tunes out to be a good or bad move for Jankewitz is yet to be decided, only time will tell, he certainly has the ability, it is only his attitude that is suspect, he reminds me very much of Mario Lemina in this respect and although i'm sure he will have a good career in the game, he will perhaps never quite live up to his potential due to his impatience.