Southampton are to be forced into signing a new defender following Florin Gardos' injury.

Gardos suffered a serious knee injury recently and manager Ronald Koeman has revealed that the defender faces six to seven months out. Koeman said: "That's the priority, to bring in one or maximum two centre backs. It's too small with Maya and Jose."Ok, we have Stephens, we have Turnbull, but they are young and still they have to improve themselves and that's the point for attention at the moment, the centre back position."