JAN Poortvliet has revealed he is on the lookout for two new signings - a replacement for departed defender Andrew Davies and a new striker.
Centre-back Davies, last season's Daily Echo Fans' Player-of-The-Year, completed his move to Premier League new boys Stoke City yesterday for an undisclosed fee.
Davies's sale is the latest move by cash-strapped Saints in their bid to slash the wage bill. The same motive was a major factor in the recent decisions to send strikers Marek Saganowski and Grzegorz Rasiak out on loan to Danish side Aalborg and Watford respectively.
And Saints head coach Poortvliet is now searching for both defensive and attacking replacements to increase his options.
Poortvliet is well aware of the constraints placed on him as he goes about that search, due to Saints' current financial position.
But he remains confident that he will still be able to bring in the players he feels he needs.
He said: "Andrew is gone now and you need someone in the centre-half position because at the moment we haven't got a lot of people capable of playing there. We are also looking for a centre forward. We need to find a goal-scorer."
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