Saints are being linked with Feyenoord's Tonny Vilhena in the January transfer window, will Ronald Koeman get his man at the fourth attempt ?
Saints are once again being linked with Tonny Vilhena, the midfielder was linked with Saints in the summer of 2014 after Koeman's arrival at St Mary's, again in the January transfer window and for a third time in the summer of 2015.
Last season Vilhena was not in favour but a change in manager along with an illness to his Mother meant that he opted to stay at Feyenoord to be near her and to see if he could force his way back into the team.
That has not happened and Vilhena has found himself on the bench for most of the season and now it is believed that he has decided his future lies away from Rotterdam and Saints are being touted as being the favourites to sign him.
His contract is up in the summer of 2016 and he could sign a pre contract deal with Saints in January or join them permanently then.
A pre contract deal could be the most likely with Saints well stocked in the midfield department, but with Wanyama's future far from certain, Saints could well look to get Vilhena signed one way or another for 2015/16.
However Vilhena is more of an attacking midfielder than a holding one and that could mean that James Ward Prowse will be the player under most pressure should Vilhena arrive, although Koeman might be considering JWP in a deeper role in the future.