NATHAN Redmond will be hoping his move to Saints is the catalyst to full international honours.

The winger has scooped a handful of international awards since making his England U16 debut against Wales in October 2009.

Redmond helped England win the Victory Shield that season.

The following year, 2010, he played in all four games as England U16s reached the final of the annual Montaigu Tournament in France. England were beaten in the final by Portugal.

Redmond made his debut for England under-17s in August 2010 - a few days before making his senior Birmingham City debut in a League Cup tie against Rochdale.

Redmond made his first appearance in a 5-0 win in the Nordic Tournament against Finland, and then scored in another victory over Denmark. England won the event by beating Sweden in the final.

Redmond was part of the England under-17 squad that qualified for the 2011 European under-17 championships.

Needing to beat Spain to finish top of their elite round group, Redmond opened the scoring from a Raheem Sterling cross as England won 2–1.

In the final stages, he started the first two group games, a draw with France and a defeat against Denmark, and was a sub in the remaining group game - a 3–0 victory against Serbia which took England through to the semifinal and confirmed their qualification for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Redmond was a second-half substitute in the semi final, which England lost to the Netherlands.

Redmond moved up to the England under-18s, a non-competitive age group at international level, in 2011. He made his debut in a 1–1 draw in Slovakia in November of that year.

Brought into the under-19s squad, Redmond made his first appearance at that level in February 2012 as a second half substitute for Saido Berahino in a 2–1 defeat of the Czech Republic.

He was part of the squad for the 2012 European under-19 championships, and scored the winning goal against Serbia in the group stage that confirmed England's progress to the semi-final and qualification for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

After an injury to Andros Townsend forced his withdrawal, Redmond was a late call up into the under-21 squad for the 2013 European Under-21 Championship finals.

With Tom Ince suspended and Wilfried Zaha injured, Redmond started England's opening match of the tournament - a 1–0 defeat to Italy.

Captain Jordan Henderson picked out Redmond for praise in a generally poor team performance. Among his colleagues against Italy were ex-Saints defenders Nathaniel Clyne and Steven Caulker.

Redmond kept his place for the second group game, against Norway, as part of a three-man attack alongside the returning Ince and Zaha.

The Independent newspaper described him as "one of the few who offered any promise" until he was replaced" by Jonjo Shelvey in a 3-1 loss which confirmed England's elimination.

Redmond also played in England's final group game, a 1-0 loss to Israel.

Redmond scored the first goal and was named the sponsors' man of the match as England under-21s thrashed Scotland 6–0 in August 2013.

With senior boss Roy Hodgson taking temporary charge of the Under-21s, Redmond opened the scoring after just three minutes before Raheem Sterling struck before the break.

Connor Wickham, Ross Barkley, Jonjo Shelvey and Tom Carroll also scored.

Never a prolific score at club level, Redmond cracked a hat-trick against Wales U21 in May 2014 in a Euro 2015 Championship qualifier in Swansea.

There were only 5,000 at the Liberty Stadium to see Redmond net his only ever senior treble, with his England colleagues that evening including new Saints team-mate James Ward-Prowse, Danny Ings, Harry Kane and Jack Butland.

Alongside Ward-Prowse, Redmond helped England Under-21s win the Toulon Tournament in France earlier this summer.

He scored twice in the group games, following up a long-range drive in the 7-1 romp against Guinea with the final goal in a 4-0 win over Paraguay U23s.

He set up Ruben Loftus-Cheek for the Young Lions’ second goal in a 2-1 win over France in the final.

It was the first time England had won the Toulon Tournament since the mid 1990s.

Redmond was named among the subs for the official 'Team of the Toulon Tournament' with Ward-Prowse also on the bench.

Ex-Saint Calum Chambers and Chelsea duo Nathaniel Chalobah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek were all included in the first XI.

Loftus-Cheek picked up the award for the tournament’s best player.

Loftus Cheek and Chambers made just six Premier League starts combined in 2015/16, while Redmond and Ward-Prowse played far more often.

Redmond, meanwhile, has now won 29 caps at U21 level, scoring nine goals.

Only five players have won more U21 caps than he has.

In all, he has won 67 youth caps at various age levels for England.

The next step is the an obvious one - promotion to the senior England side.

And that is why he will be hoping his move to Saints ends up being a successful one.