Southampton could fix Harwood-Bellis blow by giving loanee another chance Southampton could look towards this forgotten figure if Taylor Harwood-Bellis doesn’t stick around permanently. Southampton will be cursing the timing of the international break, now having to wait until the very end of the month to play again to try and stop Leeds United and Leicester City running away with proceedings in the Championship top two. The Saints had won their last two second-tier matches in enthralling contests, the defence on the South Coast breached five times in those 4-3 and 4-2 victories with the attack for Russell Martin’s men thankfully electric to take the spotlight off some shoddy defending. Still, the promotion hopefuls will be gutted if they have to wave goodbye to Manchester
City loanee Taylor Harwood-Bellis at the end of the campaign – the young centre-back is rumoured to be lined up for a permanent move, but only if Southampton return to the Premier League.
If the 22-year-old does end up just moving back to City, the door could well swing open for this forgotten Saints man to get another chance.
Duje Caleta-Car’s time at Southampton
Duje Caleta-Car might well be five years older than Harwood-Bellis, but the Croatian centre-back would be eager to prove any Saints doubters wrong if given another chance under Martin next season.
Caleta-Car, before relocating back to France with Olympique Lyonnais on the eve of this Championship season, was viewed as an “impressive” buy by Southampton in 2022 according to journalist Dean Jones – leaving behind Olympique de Marseille for £8m to join the Saints.
Yet, it would prove to be a difficult transition to the Premier League for the 27-year-old defender away from the comforts of Ligue 1.
