Saints need to move fast in sorting out the transfer of Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord with German club Schalke waiting to swoop.
The Dutch media has been reporting the transfer of Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord to Southampton as a done deal, but Saints should not get complacent and see it as 100% as there are others trying to hijack the deal and Schalke 04 of Germany are one of them.
From a Saints perspective this should mean that they Agree a fee with Feyenoord with as little hassle as possible, now is not the time to try and get him on the cheap, now is the time to put our money on the table at somewhere near the fee that Feyenoord want and keep the haggling down to a minimum.
This was not the case back in January when it was rumoured that Saints had made a bid for the player, but it was far from acceptable to the Dutch club.
Having lost Morgan Schneiderlin we want what is clearly our number one target to replace him signed sealed and delivered ASAP .