Southampton could build an elite team with players they've had to sell
Even before Southampton got promoted back to the Premier League in 2012, they had got rid of the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott. But once back and upsetting the applecart, Liverpool and Manchester United used Southampton as a feeder club, with Luke Shaw, Victor Wanyama, Morgan Schneiderlin, Toby Alderweireld, Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane all leaving the South Coast.
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