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title: "James Ward-Prowse will regret staying at Southampton this summer"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Willmott"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2018-08-11T06:20:00Z"
modified: "2018-08-11T06:20:00Z"
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# James Ward-Prowse will regret staying at Southampton this summer

**Southampton flirted with relegation last season, but after the arrival of Mark Hughes, the club were guided to safety.**

Selling their best players seemed to finally catch up with the Saints last season, as they struggled badly in the first half of the season. Being something of a ‘selling club’, this season had seemed like it had been a long time coming for the Saints, as it is difficult to consistently replace quality players.

In a sub-par season for the Saints last season, James Ward-Prowse really stood out as one of the best players at the St Mary’s outfit. It’s easy to forget the midfield dynamo is still just 23-years-old, as he has been a regular in the Saints starting line-up for so long.

Southampton are a club known for producing top Premier League talent such as Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Adam Lallana. All of these players moved away from St Mary’s to make their names as top players, and Ward-Prowse should consider doing the same.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/JWP-1.jpg)

[James Ward-Prowse is valued at £16.2m by Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/james-ward-prowse/profil/spieler/181579). The midfielder has been with England all the way through the youth levels, and has one senior cap to his name.

It is unlikely Ward-Prowse will improve any further whilst at Southampton, a new challenge could be just what the player needs to push him on and help him claim a regular place in the England starting line-up.

Ward-Prowse is a very efficient player, who will very rarely misplace a pass in the middle of the park. He was key last season for Southampton in their good performances. As a general rule, when Ward-Prowse plays well, Southampton play well.

The midfielder will regret not looking for a new opportunity this summer.