Fabrizio Romano has provided an update on the future of Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse following transfer links with West Ham in the summer.
The England international continues to impress in the Premier League, and it’s hard to believe he couldn’t do well to move to a bigger club as his Saints side currently sit bottom of the table.
Back in the summer, Romano admitted that there was interest from West Ham in Ward-Prowse, but it remains to be seen if they could revive that deal.
The Hammers are having a pretty disappointing season themselves right now, so may no longer be a tempting destination for Ward-Prowse.
Most importantly, however, it seems that Romano now thinks we won’t see this situation resolved in any way until the summer, with nothing happening for the moment.
“I mentioned in the summer that James Ward-Prowse was attracting interest from West Ham. However, Southampton want to keep him now, this is very clear; we will see in the summer, it’s really difficult to predict summer moves now… it depends on managers, directors, many factors,” Romano wrote in his exclusive CaughtOffside column.
Ward-Prowse has shown his quality with free-kicks and his all-round play, and it seems unlikely Southampton would be able to keep him if they were relegated to the Championship.