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Five things needed for Southampton’s friendly against Sevilla

By Daniel Hargraves

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Mauricio Pellegrino, manager of Southampton looks on during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Southampton and FC Augsburg at St Mary's Stadium on August 2, 2017 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Mauricio Pellegrino, manager of Southampton looks on during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Southampton and FC Augsburg at St Mary's Stadium on August 2, 2017 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) /
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 21: Dmitry Kombarov of Russia attempts to tackle Cedric of Portugal during the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 Group A match between Russia and Portugal at Spartak Stadium on June 21, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 21: Dmitry Kombarov of Russia attempts to tackle Cedric of Portugal during the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 Group A match between Russia and Portugal at Spartak Stadium on June 21, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) /

Give Cedric minutes

I rate Jeremy Pied highly and he will be fine if he is chosen to start the first couple of Premier League games whilst Cedric Soares restores his fitness.

However, I was surprised that Cedric wasn’t included in Wednesday’s squad even though he only returned on Monday. I think it is crucial to give him a good amount of time on the pitch against Sevilla but whether that will be as a member of the starting XI or as a substitute I don’t know.

Either way he needs to get get time sooner rather than later or we could be looking at as late as a September return for one of our most important players.