Southampton’s Redmond can’t wait for shot at United
Nathan Redmond has revealed that thoughts of a Wembley EFL Cup final against Manchester United next Sunday are already providing huge motivation at Southampton.
Saints are fairly comfortable in 11th in the Premier League, while United are chasing the Champions League spots.
But with Claude Puel’s steady hand on the tiller and the prospect of a first major trophy since 1976, Redmond believes that Southampton are perfectly place to try and turn over Jose Mourinho’s side.
And what’s more, the 22-year-old thinks a strong showing could boost their Premier League challenge.
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“It’s a long week. We’ll leave that up to the staff to get prepared but as I said, it is a one-off game and we’re going to give our all to go and win it,” Redmond said.
“I think he [Puel] expected that when he came in, having Europa League, FA Cup, League Cup.
“He knows Southampton is an established Premier League side now so maybe they wanted a cup run.
“When it boils down to it, the Premier League is the most important thing and we have Wembley to look forward to and it was important we got the three points (at Sunderland) in our last game.”
