Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has resigned himself to losing players this summer.
Saints lost Danny Ings last summer and Hasenhuttl doesn't believe the club's new billionaire owners, Sport Republic, will stop the same thing happening at the end of this season.
"Yes, it is tough if you lose players in the summer, it is tough if you lose your top scorer," said Hasenhuttl.
"It takes a bit of time to build up a new team but this is the job you have to do if you want to be the manager of this club, because it will also happen in the future.
"This is normal in football, especially for us as a club. With all the promise we had after every season and then we lose our best players, you have to start again and again and again.
"But this is the way you have to work and – in the end – when you have the patience and the passion for this club, then you know that you'll come back. It's important that you keep on going and keep on finding solutions."
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