Saints are lining up a second Latvian following the massive impact of Marian Pahars on the Premiership.

Manager Dave Jones flew out to Riga at the weekend to watch right-sided star Imans Bleidelis, as predicted in last Wednesday's Echo.

The 25-year-old shone in the Euro 2000 qualifier at home to Norway who won 2-1, with Pahars scoring the consolation.

Now Jones has arranged to bring Bleidelis over for a week's trial to see if he can have the same success as Pahars who has become one of the big stars of the Premiership since his arrival last April.

Jones said: "There is no point bringing him over this week because we have not got a reserve game but we will get him across next week and have a look at him.

"We will watch him in training and hopefully give him a trial game as we did with Marian. We watched him against Norway who were very physical and he did well.

"He is quick and strong and he gets up and down the right well. And he has won enough caps to get a work permit if we decide to pursue him.

"There were a lot of other clubs at the game. I think we have opened people's eyes by signing Marian so now they are all having a look.

"But we have a head start because we have good contacts over there and everyone there knows that Marian is very happy and settled at Southampton which helps.

"He scored another great goal against Norway. He went through and as everyone went to block he dragged the ball back and whipped in a left-foot shot."

Meanwhile Saints shareholders were today voting to approve the £30 million package to secure the long-awaited dream of a new stadium.

This morning's extraordinary general meeting at The Dell was the only remaining hurdle to clear for the St Mary's project which will finally see the club find a new home.

A positive outcome was pretty well a formality with shareholders voting in favour of raising the finance mainly through a £17 million loan and the £5 million sale of the Dell to Barratt Homes.

Football Trust and other grants will bring in £3.6 million, the name of the ground and the four stands will be sold for £1.2 million and the remaining £3.1 million will come from a share issue.

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