If there is one position that Saints have an abundance of talent in, it is the right back position, that being the case then why are Sky Sports claiming that the club have approached Liverpool to sign one.
Southampton have made an approach to sign Liverpool youngster, Neco Williams, according to a report from Sky Sports today, the 21 year old is an undoubted talent and has already earned 21 caps for Wales, ironically 8 games more than he has played for the Anfield club in the Premier League.
He also spent the second half of last season helping Fulham to the Championship title.
Liverpool are said to be looking for around £20m to let Williams leave permanently. With so much quality already in Jurgen Klopp’s squad, he is likely to find opportunities hard to come by this season.
Whether he is quite worth that just yet is open to debate, but the big question is why Saints would spend £20 million on a player who is predominantly a right back, although he can play as an attacking right sided midfielder.
Saints already have three youngsters in this position, Tino Livramento was the main choice until his injury, but arguably Kyle Walker Peters is a better player, there is also Yan Valery who a couple of years ago looked to be a great talent in the position and if that is not enough James Ward Prowse has filled in there when needed.
Of course Livramento is likely to be out till January, but given the six week break for the World Cup in November and December the number of game he will miss is not quite so many as in a normal season.
The only reason why Ralph Hasenhuttl would be going for Williams is that he intends to play either him or Tino Livramento in the wide right spot.
Whilst if Williams was to sign for Saints it would not exactly be the worst transfer signing we have made, many Southampton fans would argue that before we pack out the right back spot, there are several other positions that need money spending on them first.