According to Sky Sports news Saints have offered Jay Rodriguez a new five year contract as the club look to show that they mean business.
Two new signings in the last week have shown that Saints are being pro active in the transfer market, but it is not just in bringing in new blood that Saints need to show that they mean business, they also need to show to their existing players that although a manager and ceo might have gone the aims and ambitions of the club remain exactly as before, if fact they are probably more focused in that no longer are we aiming high and "hoping" that in falling short it will be considered success, we are looking to make measured steps forwar.
Signing a few of the squad to new contracts will form part of that and aside from J Rod hopefully Jack Cork and several others will also be tied in for longer periods.
A month or so ago there was an air of despondency among some Saints supporters, the loss of three key players had blurred the landscape for them, the reality is that we are now in a stronger position as we speak than we were two years ago when we returned to the Premier, the two new signinds look like being improvements on the players they have replaced, now we just need to make sure we keep our eyes on the ball by not only making a few more crucial signings, but keeping the rest of the squad intact.