Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has confirmed Cedric Soares will be allowed to leave the club this month.

The Portuguese, who will be a free agent in the summer, has been linked with a loan move to Arsenal.

And , Soares will be allowed to walk after Saints bolstered their fullback stocks by signing Kyle Walker-Peters from Tottenham.

Hasenhuttl said: "From our side, yes. The fact is that he's out of contract in the summer."

He added: "Sometimes things change quickly in football.

"Then for the club and for him, it is the best that we say 'okay, if you want to leave, you have only two or three more months (of) contract, then it's better to go' and we are concentrating on developing other players."