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EFL heartbreak for Saints as safety-first Puel endures tough debut season

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The FC crew discuss whether Southampton can keep hold of star man Virgil van Dijk.

It has been a season full of ups and downs for Southampton, from the high of qualifying for the EFL Cup final to the low of a gut-wrenching 3-2 defeat to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic inspired Manchester United at Wembley.

New manager Claude Puel masterminded wins over Inter Milan, Arsenal and Liverpool, but has also presided over some pretty insipid performances, which have put his long-term future at the club in doubt.

It shows how far Southampton have come in a relatively short space of time that contesting a cup final and cementing a place in Premier League midtable are seen as under-achieving by their supporters.