Many outfield players have been linked with Southampton in the past month, but there has been virtually no concrete rumours about a new goalkeeper, however here is the first of the summer.
With Gavin Bazunu set to miss most of the coming season, if not all of it, Alex McCarthy out of contract and Joe Lumley at 29 never having played at Premier league level
The big question though is whether they go for an experienced loan keeper as they did in the summer of 2015 signing Maarten Stekelenburg to deputise for the long term injured Fraser Forster, or if they opt to spend on a genuine Premier League standard keeper who could compete with Bazunu and possibly even replace him long term.
footballleagueworld.co.uk have reported that Southampton are interested in Sunderland keeper Anthony Patterson, but they face competition from both Liverpool & Arsenal who have also been linked in the past.
Patterson who recently turned 24 had yet to make a first team appearance for any club back in the summer of 2021, he was loaned out to Notts County who were in the National League and made 9 appearances for them before being recalled to The Stadium of Light in the second half of the season.
His stock then rose greatly, he established himself as Sunderland’s first choice as they gained promotion back to the Championship and then in season 2022/23 was an ever present in that division.
Now he is being linked with a move away and of the 3 clubs mentioned, Saints would probably be more attractive if he wants his career to continue in terms of games being played, rather than being a bench warmer at best at either Liverpool or Arsenal
