Saints on verge of selling Beattie

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Saints new assistant manager Jim Smith, who joined ex-Portsmouth partner Harry Redknapp at St Mary’s last week, said: “We want to keep James as long as we can. He’s a little bit short of match sharpness but you would have to speak to the chairman about the fact that possibly selling someone would give us the ammunition to bring in the three, four or five quality players we require.

“That might have to be the avenue we unfortunately have to go down,” added Smith.