Hasenhuttl keen to trim his squad
Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl hopes he can offload some of his high earners before the new Premier League season gets underway.
The Austrian is keen to reduce the size of his first-team squad having bought Che Adams and Moussa Djenepo so far this summer and selling Matt Targett, Sam Gallagher and Jordy Clasie.
Hasenhuttl anticipates that there will be plenty of transfer activity at St Mary's in the next fortnight as he intends to trim his squad down to 22 players.
He said: "I think in the next two weeks the transfer rumours will turn to facts because the clubs are now forced to do something. Every team wants to change a few players and bring new players in.
"I am sure the squad we see today is not the squad we will see on the first game day for sure, and every change we make let's have a look.
"We have a lot of games, we have two cup competitions, so when I go in this season with 22 players it's absolutely OK and finally I think we will have this."
Shane Long, Adams, Yan Valery and Christoph Klarer were all on the scoresheet as Saints beat Guangzhou R & F 4-0 in their latest pre-season friendly.
Southampton are available at 3/1 to finish in the top half of the Premier League table this season and at 15/8 to beat Burnley in their first game of the campaign.
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Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl hopes he can offload some of his high earners before the new Premier League season gets underway.
The Austrian is keen to reduce the size of his first-team squad having bought Che Adams and Moussa Djenepo so far this summer and selling Matt Targett, Sam Gallagher and Jordy Clasie.
Hasenhuttl anticipates that there will be plenty of transfer activity at St Mary's in the next fortnight as he intends to trim his squad down to 22 players.
He said: "I think in the next two weeks the transfer rumours will turn to facts because the clubs are now forced to do something. Every team wants to change a few players and bring new players in.
"I am sure the squad we see today is not the squad we will see on the first game day for sure, and every change we make let's have a look.
"We have a lot of games, we have two cup competitions, so when I go in this season with 22 players it's absolutely OK and finally I think we will have this."
Shane Long, Adams, Yan Valery and Christoph Klarer were all on the scoresheet as Saints beat Guangzhou R & F 4-0 in their latest pre-season friendly.
Southampton are available at 3/1 to finish in the top half of the Premier League table this season and at 15/8 to beat Burnley in their first game of the campaign.
Source: bet365.com
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