Niemi, capped 60 times by his country, still has three years of his contract to run but Southampton were not expected to stand in his way.

• 涅米曾经60次为自己的国家出场，现在跟南安普敦依然有3年的合同要履行，但是南安普敦似乎并不看好会站在涅米的一边。