After the appointment of Mauricio Pellegrino to the St Mary's hot seat, could this pave the way for a return to the club for Sammy lee ?
When Ronald Koeman was appointed as Southampton manager in the summer of 2014, the club wisely brought in a man with both coaching experience and an extensive knowledge of the teams and players in the Premier League to assist him and help him in acclimatising in a league he had no previous experience of as either player or manager, that man was Sammy Lee.
Undoubtedly Lee brought something to the party and it was sad to see him also leave the club last summer after Koeman departed for Everton, Saints appointed Claude Puel and Lee's position went to Eric Black whose main credential seemed to be he spoke French.
Lee Initially fell on his feet being appointed to Sam Allardyce's England set up in July of last year, but with Allardyce leaving under a cloud and Gareth Southgate being appointed, Lee was once more unemployed, but soon joined Allardyce again this time at Crystal Palace, with Allardyce's departure from Selhurst Park Lee's future is once again in doubt.
With Pellegrino's arrival a new backroom team will need to be put in place and it could be that Sammy Lee would be a good fit, the pair worked together under Rafa Benitez at Liverpool from 2008 - 2010 when Lee was assistant manager with Pellegrino first team coach until he left to follow Benitez to Inter Milan.
So although Pellegrino speaks fluent English and has some experience in England unlike his two predecessors, that experience was 7 years ago and a lot has changed in the Premier League in that time and it would be wise for the club to put in a man to work alongside him whom he can turn to for advice on the way teams play and the players in the side.
The big question will be whether the pair got on at Liverpool, if they did then it could be an obvious decision to bring back Sammy Lee for his third stint at Southampton Football Club.