Premier League 2014/15 the best of the rest – Rating the teams outside of the ‘top seven’ likely to succeed

Southampton

Many think that the Saints will struggle since a mass exodus from St Mary’s this summer, but they have a decent manager in charge in the shape of Ronald Koeman.

Keeping hold of Jay Rodriguez and in particular Morgan Schneiderlin will be key, but new signings are promised and striker Graziano Pelle could well be a shrewd purchase.

The south coast club will struggle to emulate their eighth place finish of 2013/14, but if youngsters like James Ward-Prowse progress they could fill the recent gaps made by sales.