There has been plenty of rumour about who will arrive at St Mary's on deadline day, but there could be as many as six players going through the out door, some are obvious, some not quite so obvious, so here we look at who could be departing.

Tall Paul, Onuachu is perhaps the most obvious potential departure, Saints have been hanging on for a fee somewhere North of £10 million whereas Trabzonspor seemingly won't go above £6 million and therefore it has been stalemate.

But both sides could give way a little and if the Turks up their bid a little and Saints are able to land the players they want today after the rumour of a swoop for both Danny Ings and James Ward Prowse, a compromise could be reached with Southampton perhaps needing not just the transfer fee, but his wages off the books.

Another departure could be Kamaldeen Sulemana, again he seems surplus to requirements and a decent bid could land him.

One that hasn't been mentioned as a possible departure so far is Ryan Manning, but the whisper is that he could leave, he never quite convinced in the Championship, although he was better than some would have you believe, but he is way down the pecking order now, Jack Stephens was preferred as left back in the final games of last season and with Kyle Walker Peters playing there in the opening League games and Charlie Taylor also able to play there and Juan Larios making a return to first team action this week, Manning is seemingly 5th in line and there is still Jayden Meghoma coming through the ranks.

So Saints could well be looking to move Manning on today, even if it is only initially on loan.

Rumours have also persisted regarding Alex McCarthy who is not one of the six and that could well happen once hopefully Aaron Ramsdale is confirmed, but is more likely in January when Gavin Bazunu could be a month or two nearing fitness.

Another who could move is Armel Bella-Kotchap, he was put in the shop window with a cameo role at Cardiff on Wednesday and there could be a late bid from Germany.

There could also be shock departures if Saints can land Ward Prowse and one of Joe Aribo or Will Smallbone could be sacrificed to trim the wage bill, perhaps even both.

So it could be a busy day around Southampton Football Club today and certainly one that will go to the wire.

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mascott514 added 08:59 - Aug 30 Interesting Not sure I'd want to lose Will and/or Joe for Ings and JWP I think Ings is getting on and unlikely to rediscover the form he showed for us. JWP offers a lot and would be welcomed back as his professionalism and dedication would rub off on the younger emerging players But I would prefer we stick with the two we have, with deserve a chance to improve further

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IanRC added 09:17 - Aug 30 I would not want to see Kamaldeen or Bella go but Martin appears to have only limited imagination.
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ElSanto added 09:39 - Aug 30 If we leave costs aside, I would rather JWP than Smallbone. I really don't have any love for Ings, but him and JWP seem to be boyfriends so might come as a package. I'd be surprised, but I suppose there is always a slim possibility he could score again - but at his age he would need them put on a plate, napkin tucked into his shirt, knife and fork placed in his hand and a waiter to dab the sides of his mouth after every mouthful.

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dirk_doone added 10:14 - Aug 30 Offloading a few players makes sense. The Club has to balance the books or it could risk a FFP points deduction. Players like Aribo and Smallbone were OK in the Championship, but they are not Premier League standard. Maybe Championship clubs will take them. Edozie is another one we should try to offload, as well as one of our current goalkeepers: Lumley or McCarthy .

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sandywelsh added 11:41 - Aug 30 We need to get rid of Stephens if we want any hope of not getting relegated!!
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kenchilds70 added 13:16 - Aug 30 for me Not Ings. JWP okay for Aribo but not Will. Armstrong Edozie Sulemana Manning and Stephens all Championship level at best.
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Monksway added 09:25 - Aug 31 Apparently the Dutch and Turkish leagues are still open so with our window closed there could still be an exit route for Onuachu, ABK and Kamaldeen. It's a shame Edozie didn't get his loan and Manning didn't get a move back to the EFL as he won't get much game time at Saints. Could be a good window for Goztepe.
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