Southampton FC: 3 things surely going through Che Adams’ mind as January looms

Southampton FC: 3 things surely going through Che Adams’ mind as January looms

FLW takes a look at what Che Adams will be weighing up at Southampton ahead of potential transfer interest in January

Southampton’s promotion prospects will heavily influence Che Adams’ decision. If their chances of returning to the Premier League are slim, he may consider a transfer.

Adams will carefully consider the interested teams before making a move. He will only leave Southampton for a club that has a secure position in their respective league.
Adams’ role at Southampton will also factor into his decision. Despite his good form, he has faced competition and tactical changes, so he will seek assurances about his role for the rest of the season.
Southampton were tasked with the trying trials and tribulations of maintaining a vast degree of key assets upon relegation from the Premier League.

It was a scenario in which they weren’t prepared for, evidenced by the expenditure that they’d forked out on big name players over the years.

But when their fate was indeed sealed at the back-end of a catastrophic campaign that saw them finish at the very foot of the division that they’d previously ascended so high in, they were braced to bid farewell to a whole host of individuals.

From Romeo Lavia and James Ward-Prowse to Tino Livramento and Nathan Tella to name a few, there was no shortage of departures across a manic summer window that saw Russell Martin reshape his new squad in both directions.

There were also some players that ended up staying put on the south coast against all odds, mind, and Che Adams was a standout example.

The striker contributed to eight league goals in a sorely struggling side and subsequently earned notable interest from Everton in the latter stages of the window, prompting significant doubt to his immediate Southampton future.

 

He ended up staying, of course, but the same question marks are all too prominent a quarter of the way through the season, with clubs all over already having one eye fixated upon the upcoming January transfer window.

 

And that’s got us thinking – what are three things that’ll surely be going through Adams’ mind ahead of the turn of the year?

It’s pretty obvious that the Saints’ divisional standing will have a big bearing on the Scottish international’s thinking.

Their designs of returning to the top-flight at the first time of asking aren’t looking too attainable at the minute, and while they’ve recovered somewhat from a dismal start to the season, they’re still outside the top-six and completely cut adrift from the automatic promotion slots by an eleven-point margin.

 

It seems as though they’ll have to lean upon the unpredictable entity of the play-offs to have a shot at bringing Premier League football back to St Mary’s, which wasn’t really in the script.

 

Should Southampton enjoy a blitzing spell of form up until January that reinstates their credentials at a team capable of going all the way then Adams may just be tempted to stick it out in the Championship for another few months, but if the probability of their ambitions remains speculative then Adams’ head could easily be turned – and who could blame him?