THE MAN who brought Agustin Delgado to the Premiership wants to offer Saints more potential signings.

Agent Eric Manasse, whose Logosport company also works with football legend Diego Maradona, is adamant players from that continent can succeed in the Premiership and says Saints should not allow the experience of £3.25m flop Delgado to cloud their judgement.

He said: "I feel great players can come from any location in the world. Talent is not exclusive to one region or country.

"In the past we have seen brilliant players like George Weah come from Liberia or Shevchenko from Ukraine. Players have come as far as Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Nigeria, Trinidad and Jamaica and achieved success in the Premiership."

As well as Delgado, Manasse also represented Kleber Chala and Federico Arias, who were both released by Saints after failing to make the first team.

But Manasse is still prepared to offer Saints other players who he is convinced could make a positive impact in the Premiership."There are players that I think have the size and speed to succeed in England," he said.

"Maxi Lopes of River Plate is fast, young and strong, Cavenaghi as well. The Italian forward Di Natale from Empoli - these are players I know would do great at Saints.

"I have Lucas Castroman from Udinese who is a great right wing-back and I have suggested Christian Wilhemsson of Sweden and the Czech player Jankulovski of Udinese as well. I can only hope they get a chance."

Delgado made just five starts for Saints since his arrival in November 2001, plus ten as a substitute, working out at £216,000 per game.

He actually made more starts for Ecuador than for Saints during two-and-a-half controversial years at St Mary's.

Manasse admits injury blighted Delgado's time at Saints, but also believes the language barrier and difficulty communicating with former manager Gordon Strachan affected his player.

"Delgado had problems from his first knee operation that plagued his stint at Saints, there is no doubt about that," he added.

"But Delgado came to score goals. He didn't need perfect grammar to do that."