Southampton manager Nathan Jones has hinted that he will play a strong side on Wednesday night when Manchester City visit St Mary's for the Carabao Cup quarter-final.
The Saints currently sit bottom of the Premier League, three points adrift from safety. Despite their worries in the league, the south coast club opted to field a strong starting line-up on Saturday as they defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the FA Cup third round.
Ahead of yet another cup competition on Wednesday night against the Blues, Jones claimed that he would be sticking with a strong XI for the visit of Pep Guardiola's men. Speaking to Hampshire Live on Monday, the ex-Luton Town boss said: "Not in terms of Armel [Bella-Kotchap] or Stuart Armstrong but the ones that we looked after on the weekend because of minutes will come back.
