Southampton: Jones must ditch Theo Walcott

With Nathan Jones now confirmed as the brand new Southampton boss, he might be handed this weekend’s Premier League fixture earlier than an unprecedented World Cup break will permit him to actually assess his squad and implement his concepts.

Inheriting a group sitting within the relegation zone, it’s clear that this season has been a tumultuous one for the gamers.

Ought to Southampton ditch Theo Walcott?

While some stood up and introduced themselves as wonderful choices for Ralph Hasenhuttl, loads have wilted and provided little in the way in which of their push for security.

Jones should now shortly work out who he can depend on for the second half of the season.

One man who is sort of clearly an issue for the Saints is Theo Walcott, who made a romantic return to the membership he began his profession with after being launched by Everton in the summertime of 2021.

Becoming a member of on a two-year deal, the 33-year-old was handed a mouth-watering £75k-per-week contract regardless of having hardly starred throughout his mortgage spell with the membership.

He had scored three and assisted an extra three however given his age and declining means, it was clear he wouldn’t be a starter.

Since then he’s yet to score or assist once more, and this season has featured simply twice within the Premier League.

It marks a uncommon switch blunder from the south coast outfit and arms Jones the right solution to endear himself to his new followers by binning off this ageing waste of cash.

What made the preliminary deal much more baffling was that he had clearly been a declining power for the Toffees, with simply 20 aim contributions throughout 85 appearances.

So to make him their highest-paid player, which he stays right now, appears to fully abandon the mannequin normally employed by Southampton.

Again in 2017, Kevin Campbell and Glenn Hoddle launched a joint assault on Arsenal for not permitting him to blossom into the participant that the latter believed ought to have been “world-class”.

With a formidable profession beneath his belt, however one which seemingly ought to have yielded extra from the expertise that burst onto the scene at simply 16 years previous, it appears a disgrace that he’ll seemingly have his profession delivered to a detailed by the incoming supervisor.

Nevertheless, it is going to be a choice that followers will seemingly agree with wholeheartedly.