PROMISING Saints Academy players Dom Ballard and Kamari Doyle have a bright future, according to Ruben Selles.
The first team manager handed striker Ballard a substitute appearance in the FA Cup defeat to Grimsby last week and is keeping a keen eye on the starlets, who both scored in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final at Deepdale a day later.
He expects both 17-year-olds to be future Saints stars.
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Selles said: "We have players that can make it, we just need to find the process and the space to give them the opportunity to be there.
"Dom wants to be a Premier League player for Southampton. And that's the kind of spirit that we need and that's the kind of player that we need.
"Those two players, they have the potential to play for us.
"One day you will show why you are good and can start being in the squad, being in the lineup, and hopefully then being in the national team."
On the FA Youth Cup win, which booked them a semi-final place against West Ham, Selles added: "I want to congratulate them. I think it was a big achievement. They have a great group of lads."
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