WHAT TINO SAYS!!

On Sky Sports....

Southampton have made just one signing, with centre-back Dejan Lovren joining from Lyon in an £8.5m deal, and Pochettino admits this arrival ended his interest in Cagliari centre-back Davide Astori.

"Lots of names have been linked with Southampton, perhaps too many," he said. "Some of them have been invented, others not.

"We were after Astori, for example, but in the end we went for Lovren instead. He's a great player."

Pochettino dismissed claims of a possible move for Astori's Cagliari team-mate Radja Nainggolan and also ruled out an approach for Roma's Pablo Osvaldo.

Reports suggested the striker rejected a £17m move to Saints, but the Argentinian insisted he did not make an offer for Osvaldo, who played under him during his spell as a manager in Spain.

"Osvaldo is a great player," Pochettino said. "I worked with him at Espanyol so I know what he can do.

"We are aware of his situation at Roma, but we haven't made an offer.

"We have a clear idea of what our targets should be but the market is moving very slowly at the moment. We are working prudently to reinforce the squad."

So no offer in for Astori, Nainggolan, Osvaldo and Internacional say they have not received offers for striker Leandro Damiao.

Tino is being a little more forthcoming than we have been used to previously and I wonder if this means there could be more truth in some of the other rumours flying around that he hasn't mentioned. Erazo? Mollo? Banega? Stoch? Bueno? Sinclair?

doesn't really say much other than interested in some decent players. Mind you at least he isn't denying any interest, Nigel I think was scared to say anything in case of hacking off Cortese whereas think MP knows he is secure in his job so can say pretty much what he likes but then again hasn't exactly given much away has he.

I hope Tino may also be chasing one or 2 others....as I really do feel we need a top class winger......the Terry Paine for Ron Davies.

Maybe it's to be either/or Wanyama/Banega as we need both.