Saints are rumoured to be hovering around Crystal Palace duo Wilfried Zaha and Nathaniel Clyne although the Selhurst park club are sure to want to guard their assets.
Zaha being a pacy winger and Clyne an up and coming right back would fit the bill for Nigel Adkins as he seeks up and coming British players to add depth to his squad, although both are inexperienced in the Premier they are at a level when they could be ready to make the next step up in their careers and prove themselves at Premiership level.
Clyne is perhaps the least known, at 21 he now has four seasons of regular first team football behind him at Palace with 118 League starts plus 4 as sub in the Championship to his name so far and to be blunt thats more than some of our players have at that level, Saints lack cover at right back and Clyne looks like the type of prospect that would fit the bill.
Zaha has made the headlines at Palace and although only 19 (he will be 20 in November) he has already made 60 league starts for the Eagles plus 23 as sub, a pacy winger although he is not a prolific scorer, scoring only 7, he has a combination of games under his belt alongside potential that could make Saints consider cutting their losses with Steve De Ridder and replacing him with Zaha.
Zaha is currently valued at around £6 million with Palace believed to value Clyne at around £5 million, however Clyne is out of contract so the likelihood is that they would accept £2 million rather than go to a tribunal, which is a route that perhaps Saints would prefer.
Both players fit the bill for the Saints Chairman Nicola Cortese, who like a previous incumbent of the job seems to prefer to look for players of a certain age who have a hunger to prove themselves, rather than experienced older players who may have no sell on value later, the answer is though that if Saints are to survive in the Premier they need a mix of both, Steven Davis if he arrives would be experienced but we need a little more, however perhaps both manager and Chairman believe that teams are built from the back and that being the case an experienced central defender or two with even a goalkeeper might yet be on the cards as the Premier league squad starts to take shape.