Southampton boss Ronald Koeman feels the summer upheaval worked in his favour.
Koeman believes the summer of change at Southampton helped rather than hindered him as an incoming manager.
"It helped, although (Dusan) Tadic was already on the scouting list at Southampton," said Koeman.
"It also came down to positions. Lallana left, so we have to bring in a similar player to Lallana. Lambert goes, so we have to bring in another striker. Spending the money in the positions that we needed was the most important thing.
"But what happened is not normal. Normally you would have to change one or two new players, instead of six or seven players. But this way it is more my team as I have my own players rather than what was left by the other manager.
"Good players, good quality players, can adapt, although it usually takes some time. This team looks like it has already been together for two seasons. But that is down to the players because they are good players."
