Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is surprised Jack Cork has left for Swansea City.
Koeman was surprised by the amount of time it took Cork to come to his decision, having first opened discussions two months ago, but understands the player's decision.
"We believe that we offered the player a very good contract and the player told me that it wasn't about the numbers in the contract," he said.
"It wasn't about the money, but about his feeling, about maybe not playing enough.
"Okay, I can't guarantee nobody they will play more. It is always competition that you have in your squad."
