spanishdave
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Dave delighted at Southampton position
Ssn: so you sit 3rd in the table, how surprised are you about that?
Dave:yes I'm surprised, we are a year ahead of schedule in terms of that. We built a young squad and had planned to try push for a top 4 finish by the 3rd season, there is still half of a season left and it will be very difficult to keep this up but I'm not concerned if We don't because like I said next year is when we expect to chase the champions league.
Ssn:so you think if you was to get European football it will lead to sustained success for Southampton?
Dave: yes, exactly that. Every club aims for sustained success and we are no different. We have an advantage on this in terms of the academy setup we have producing good young players, but I have put lots of hard work bringing the likes of Jonathan tah and yassine Benzia to the club, who despite not being even in our first team squad yet will one day accompany players like Alex Sandro and Mateo kovacic playing football at the top level.
Ssn: finally, the transfer window is open at the moment. Are you planning on doing any business?
Dave:no. We have little budget to play with and I don't want to be buying players for the sake of it, we want to make signings only if the right player is available and so far- he isn't. In terms of outs we don't want to disrupt our squad to much in this important second half of the season so very few players are available. Kevin grosskreutz is one, and the hard working winger/full back could help a lot of teams but he simply fails to fit in with our narrow formation. Anyone in the under 21s is available for loan including tah,Benzia and maupay
Ssn: thanks for your time Dave.
Dave: your welcome.