Cuco Martina is facing an uncertain future with his contract set to expire in the summer.

The Curacao international right back has yet to be offered a new deal by Saints and may find himself surplus to requirements this summer.

Saints could have a big decision to make in the right back department with increasing noises from Spain suggesting that Barcelona may table an offer in the region of £25m for Cedric Soares.

The Portuguese Euro 2016 winner is the undisputed first choice right back at St Mary’s.

Saints managed to convince Cedric to pen a new deal with the club until 2020, which protects his value, but they may struggle to hold onto him in the face of interest from the world’s most glamorous club.

The good news for Saints is that Jeremy Pied will be available again for next season.

The French defender is a trusted foot soldier of Claude Puel, but his first season at the club has been wrecked by an ACL injury which has ruled him out for the entire campaign.

Pied is building up steadily now ready to hit the ground running in pre-season and make a full first team comeback in August.

With no European football on the cards next season, Saints have no real need to have three right backs. Therefore, if Cedric stayed with Pied as his deputy then Martina is likely to be surplus to requirements.

Puel was willing to sell Martina to Everton last summer, but had to pull the plug on the deal at the last minute with Pied injured and no other options readily available in the transfer market.

However, he is highly unlikely to produce a repeat performance this summer.

Even if Cedric were to go then chances are Puel will still release Martina and search for another option in the transfer market.

Martina has been completely out of the picture at Saints since the fixture congestion has died down.

His only games in 2017 have been in the FA Cup ties against Norwich and Arsenal.

In total he has started just six Premier League games this season with a further three sub appearances.

His best run came in the Europa League. With Puel keen on rotation and protecting Cedric for top flight fixtures, Martina started the first five group games.