Mauricio Pellegrino says Saints are not planning on making further signings before the close of the transfer window - but are poised to act if a fantastic deal suddenly presents itself.

The Saints has made three summer swoops, but at this stage he is not anticipating adding any further.

When asked if he expected more incomings, Pellegrino replied: “At the beginning no, but you never know what will happen in the last minute. If there is some opportunity we are ready.”

Saints now face something of a lack of games this season after their early elimination from the League Cup at the hands of Wolves.

It will leave a few fringe players such as Jordy Clasie struggling to get any game time, so it remains possible Saints could look to move on one or two before the window closes.

“I don’t know. We’ve got another seven days,” said Pellegrino. “There’s a lot of things, because we have important players in our squad that a lot of teams wants our players.

“But I can manage the market, I can manage the players because the players are active in the club and this decision is not just for me.

“I translate to the directors, the chairman, my point of view about the squad.

“It will stay private, but I think we’ve got a really good squad, the majority of them are young. We have a lot of things to improve and we’ve got to keep going.”

Pellegrino also insisted he knows nothing of reports that Virgil van Dijk has met Chelsea representatives over a possible move to Stamford Bridge.

Newspaper reports have surfaced suggesting the Dutch centre half and his representatives have spoken with officials from both Chelsea and Arsenal over a potential move before the transfer window closes next week.

However, Pellegrino admitted he was none the wiser.

“I don’t have this information,” he said.

“I don’t want to give any opinion about that.

“The Virgil situation nothing changed. I have nothing to say.”

There was some good centre half news yesterday as Maya Yoshida put pen to paper on a new three year contract.

“I am really pleased because Maya has got the right mentality to grow with the team,” said Pellegrino.

“It’s a positive player, always open minded to learn and it’s nice to keep with us a positive player, a really good professional.

“We want to keep our best players in the club and this is the best for us.”