According to the latest reports Victor Wanyama has turned down a new 5 year deal at St Mary's in the hope that Tottenham Hotspur come back in for him.
On his day Wanyama was a vital cog in the Saints team, the problem was that too many times last season it wasn't his day as he was sat in the stands either suspended or sulking, this means that although it would be a blow to lose him, it would not be a terminal one given that we have others already at the club to step into the gap and our scouting network will already be looking at other options.
So if as it seems, that the Kenyan is determined to move from Saints then perhaps its about time that we let him do so and rake in the proceeds, as with the departure of Morgan Schneiderlin last year he will fetch a fee of £20 -25 million and that will go a long way to strengthening the squad.
Some will say that we can't keep on losing players every summer and still keep a strong squad, but the reality is that we now have the bulk of the squad signed on long term deals and it is always going to be the case that one or two will see the grass as being greener on the other side of the fence.
Some will say that Saints should show ambition and keep their players, but this is the modern game, when a player enters the last year of his contract you either have to cash in or let him walk for nothing.
But Wanyama is one of the last of the Pochettino era, although the Argentinian's reign at St Mary's was brief he made an impression on certain players and Wanyama leaving will see this now being very much Ronald Koeman's squad with little trace of Pochettino's influence.
We should not worry about that, Koeman has done a far better job at Saints than Pochettino did with arguably better resources in terms of players.
So although it would be nice to see Wanyama show some loyalty and commit his future to Saints and i would be happy to see him do so, if he does not sign a deal in the next few weeks I would say that Saints would be far better moving him on and moving forward as we have always done before.