Work permit is needed Saints have swooped to tie up a deal for Moroccan striker Hicham Aboucherouane - but still need a work permit before he can play in this country. The 22-year-old, who had a trial at St Mary s at the end of last season, will hopefully sign a one-year loan deal with an option to buy him at the end of the season. The deal struck with Raja Casablanca would be worth around £1.5m, but the work permit is the first hurdle that must be overcome. Aboucherouane has not played in the required 75 per cent of internationals over the last two years.
Should the St Mary s stadium be extended? FINANCIAL experts agree that extending Saints St Mary s stadium would be a risk without the certainty of regular sell-out crowds. There are currently 21,000 season ticket holders, but chairman Rupert Lowe says the board would only consider extending the ground if they could be confident fans would regularly fill the spare seats. Southampton Deloitte & Touche partner Stuart Woodward said: By spending millions on making thousands of extra seats available, you run the risk of not being able to fill the ground to capacity. It s better to be in a position where demand just outstrips supply - better to have the ground full every week with people wanting to get in than lots of empty seats.
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Svensson in Saints debut on catwalk ANDERS Svensson makes his first appearance for Saints this evening as the star of the show at the launch of the club s new away kit. It will be unveiled on a special catwalk outside Marks and Spencer on the lower level of the WestQuay shopping centre at 5pm. Matthew Le Tissier, James Beattie, Jason Dodd and other first-team players will be modelling the kit. But the main attraction, apart from the shirt itself, will be Svensson who arrived on the south coast yesterday. The new £750,000 signing from Elfsborg was given a few extra days off along with the other Saints who have been away on international duty.