Former Southampton striker Gordon Watson rates Dusan Tadic ahead of former skipper Adam Lallana.
Lallana left Saints for Liverpool in the summer.
"Tadic did well in the first game at Liverpool, but he needed to do things a yard quicker," Watson told the Daily Echo.
"Now he is much sharper.
"I would take him over Lallana.
"Adam had an outstanding season for us last year, but he could have been dropped after the first few games.
"Last season everything we did went through Adam.
"Not everything we do goes through Tadic.
"Tadic is just another part of a strong jigsaw."
