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Six Could Potentially Leave Southampton On Deadline Day

There has been plenty of rumour about who will arrive at St Mary's on deadline day, but there could be as many as six players going through the out door, some are obvious, some not quite so obvious, so here we look at who could be departing.

Tall Paul, Onuachu is perhaps the most obvious potential departure, Saints have been hanging on for a fee somewhere North of £10 million whereas Trabzonspor seemingly won't go above £6 million and therefore it has been stalemate.

But both sides could give way a little and if the Turks up their bid a little and Saints are able to land the players they want today after the rumour of a swoop for both Danny Ings and James Ward Prowse, a compromise could be reached with Southampton perhaps needing not just the transfer fee, but his wages off the books.

Another departure could be Kamaldeen Sulemana, again he seems surplus to requirements and a decent bid could land him.

One that hasn't been mentioned as a possible departure so far is Ryan Manning, but the whisper is that he could leave, he never quite convinced in the Championship, although he was better than some would have you believe, but he is way down the pecking order now, Jack Stephens was preferred as left back in the final games of last season and with Kyle Walker Peters playing there in the opening League games and Charlie Taylor also able to play there and Juan Larios making a return to first team action this week, Manning is seemingly 5th in line and there is still Jayden Meghoma coming through the ranks.

So Saints could well be looking to move Manning on today, even if it is only initially on loan.

Rumours have also persisted regarding Alex McCarthy who is not one of the six and that could well happen once hopefully Aaron Ramsdale is confirmed, but is more likely in January when Gavin Bazunu could be a month or two nearing fitness.

Another who could move is Armel Bella-Kotchap, he was put in the shop window with a cameo role at Cardiff on Wednesday and there could be a late bid from Germany.

There could also be shock departures if Saints can land Ward Prowse and one of Joe Aribo or Will Smallbone could be sacrificed to trim the wage bill, perhaps even both.

So it could be a busy day around Southampton Football Club today and certainly one that will go to the wire.

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