Saints have named their squad of 25 for the trip to France which will end on Saturday with a game against Saint Etienne.

The squad is again a mixture of experience and youngsters and Mauricio Pellegrino will again concentrate on building the spirit in the squad along with game time.

The emphasis will be on upping the physical work in the training camp with daily sessions, some of these will be doubles with the squad working both in the morning and the late afternoon.

One noticable absentee will be Virgil Van Dijk, he has been removed from the squad by the manager so as not to affect the team morale and spirit and will train alone back at Staplewood.

- Fraser Forster
- Stuart Taylor
- Paulo Gazzaniga
- Maya Yoshida
- Florin Gardos
- Jan Bednarek
- Sam McQueen
- Alfie Jones
- Matt Targett
- Ryan Bertrand
- Jack Stephens
- Will Wood
- Jérémy Pied
- Jordy Clasie
- Steven Davis
- Dušan Tadić
- Oriol Romeu
- James Ward-Prowse
- Nathan Redmond
- Sofiane Boufal
- Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
- Shane Long
- Charlie Austin
- Sam Gallagher
- Manolo Gabbiadini

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pete_boggs added 11:58 - Jul 24 Brave to name a 14 man squad.
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SaintBrock added 12:15 - Jul 24 Still one notable absentee. Strange decision to leave Cedric behind even if he is only back from hols today. Pelligrino keeps banging on about the team dynamic and the importance of team building off the pitch as well as on it? So why leave him behind even if he is not fit as surely they'll have a fitness centre ? Has he even met the new boss yet?
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SaintBrock added 12:18 - Jul 24 Leaving Cedric behind with van Dyke to train at Staplewood strikes me as being really dodgy and a very poor decision since there is no ban on people talking to van Dyke. We don't want our right back getting fancy ideas do we?
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legod7 added 12:57 - Jul 24 Apparently Cedric is not back until next Monday. He is on an extended break.
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Boxingman75 added 20:40 - Jul 24 Wheres alex mccarthy ? , anyone know ?
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schatfield added 13:06 - Jul 25 i wonder if florin gardos will be liked this season who is will wood? (yes am being lazy not looking him up)
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Jesus_02 added 14:35 - Jul 25 Will Wood and Alfie Jones are both CBs 20yrs and 19yrs respectively . Intresting we have taken Gazza .. Cant see McArthy
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patred added 19:59 - Jul 25 McCarthy has an injury
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Dooey10 added 22:07 - Jul 25 Hi there - anyone know where Josh Sims is?
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