Mark Hughes is very happy with the structure that is in place at Southampton with regards to player recruitment.

Hughes had many experiences in the past where he was expected to do everything from scouting players to finalizing targets to signing players.

Now he is part of a system, which lets him focus on the job of getting more out of the players at his disposal. And he is happy about it.

He said to the Daily Echo: "Sometimes you can spread yourself thin getting involved in different aspects.

"What I found when I came here was that everything, almost without fail, is already here, in terms of structure and support to the first-team.

"It's very easy for me to focus on the job in hand, which was eight games and getting the maximum out of the team.

"Hopefully, that'll be the case this year. We'll have a real focus on maximising our chances of winning.

"Everything that surrounds me as the manager and the operation as a first-team that's in place and we've got quality people.

"Hopefully I don't have to get my hands dirty in that regard because it's all in place which is really impressive."