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Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl says he didn’t want to lose defensive pair Jannik Vestergaard and Ryan Bertrand.
The pair both joined Leicester City and could face their former club for the first time tomorrow, when Brendan Rodgers brings his Foxes to St Mary’s.
Asked if he feels his side is in a stronger position now defensively than if Vestergaard and Bertrand would have stayed, boss Hasenhuttl said: “No, because I think it was without alternatives that we had to do this. Jannik had one year left on his contract, so it was a very good deal for us. It was the same with Danny Ings (who joined Aston Villa).
“Ryan was at an age where we thought we could get a better option for the future, a younger one. We wanted to rebuild the back four.
“We have a very young back four now, who will have a future and learn very quick in the Premier League – Tino, Kyle, Romain, Sali at the back.
“We have a young, not so experienced back four, but they do a good job. We have five clean sheets so far this season, this is massive and is a good signal I think.
“As I always said, it makes more sense to invest all the energy in a young player who then develops himself and in the end also the club.
“Then in a few years, maybe we sell them for big money then the next young one will come in.
“This is our way we want to go and it is without alternatives, to be honest.”
This article was updated 3 days ago