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Southampton are considering a move for Reading keeper Adam Federici as they weigh up their options following Fraser Forster's knee injury.

The England keeper, 27, suffered serious damage to his patellar tendon in the Saints’ 2-0 victory over Burnley a fortnight ago.

And with estimates for his recovery time ranging from four months to a year, St Mary’s boss Ronald Koeman is already considering alternatives.

Forster was replaced by 38-year-old back-up keeper Kelvin Davis during the Burnley game and Koeman knows he can rely on his club captain to do a job for the rest of this season.

However, if Forster is ruled out for most of the 2015-16 campaign as well, then the Saints will see if a deal can be done to land Australia No.1 Federici.

The Royals’ 30-year-old shot-stopper is on a shortlist of targets drawn up by Southampton’s recruitment top dog Les Reed.