Southampton might just be tempted to dip into the transfer market at the turn of the year. 

After eight games of the new Premier League season, they find themselves alarmingly close to the foot of the table and are above Everton only because they have scored two more goals at this early stage. 

Saints are struggling and have already displayed a reliance on one of their summer arrivals. 

Moussa Djenepo has had a hand in six of the seven points that Southampton have amassed this season; the team have yet to win a Premier League match without him present.

Rudderless in attack and still shaky in the defensive third, Ralph Hasenhuttl has cause for concern, and while integrating youth may be the preferable choice when it comes to strengthening the first-team squad, investment could be necessary.

The January transfer window is still some time away, but that hasn’t stopped the rumours from flowing. 

So, just who has been linked with a move to Southampton ahead of the New Year? Let’s take a look at the 10 players touted with possible switches to St Mary’s.