Back in the summer Saints raked in a lot of money from transfer fee's, their strategy though was not to spend it, but utilise loan signings, which they have done to great effect, but reports in Italy suggest they are about to smash not only their own transfer record, but the Championship's itself.

the realefl.co.uk is claiming that Southampton are about to smash their own transfer record in January and are readying a £26 million bid for Juventus winger Matias Soule

The 20 year old is currently out on loan with fellow Serie A side Frosinone with whom he has played 14 games in the League scoring 20 goals.

The Argentinian who will turn 21 in April is said to be also attracting attention from Crystal Palace and Newcastle United.

A contemporary of Charley Alcaraz, you have to say in terms of his development he is a long way behind him.

However are Saints really ready to splash out this amount of money for a player who is relatively untried and also in a position where they seemingly have plenty of options ?

The players value on transfermarkt.com is just 8 million euros so less than £7 million, so surely Saints are not going to pay something around 4 times his current value.

The answer is that they are probably not, although Soule is the sort of player that is on their radar and indeed the type that the club have been looking for over the past decade, long before Sport Republic we were picking up the likes of Sadio Mane under the radar, I would suggest that the links with Palace and Newcastle plus the inflated fee suggest that not only has his agent been busy lately, but also Juventus who are quoting large fee's either to generate interest or for that matter put off potential suitors.

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Bowlercow added 10:27 - Dec 20 As with all the ins and outs believe it when it happens
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JoeEgg added 14:00 - Dec 20 "The 20 year old is currently out on loan with fellow Serie A side Frosinone with whom he has played 14 games in the League scoring 20 goals." Where did that come from?!!!!!!!! I think he has scored 6 goals!! However Matias Soule is apparently doing exceptionally well at his loan club. "A precocious talent who was once called up to the Argentine national team for several friendlies as a teenager with no senior team experience, Soule showed some sparks in appearances with the first team last year, including his first senior team goal, but was sent out on loan to Frosinone this summer. Fortunately, it was a dry loan, because Soule’s play for the Canarini has been one of the storylines of the Serie A season so far. Simply put, he’s been one of the best players in the league. He’s scored five goals and notched two assists. He’s averaging nearly three key passes a game, and had five in 29 minutes off the bench in an extra-time win over Torino in the Coppa Italia last month. The only player in Europe’s top five leagues his age or younger to have scored more goals is Real Madrid’s superstar-in-the-making Jude Bellingham. Soule’s breakout is a major development for Juve’s future as well as Frosinone’s present.

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YosemiteSaint added 17:50 - Dec 20 Can't see this happening—particularly in light of Alcaraz's having been linked with Newcastle himself earlier this year. (They have money to spend, and you know they're going to spend it.)
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SaintPaulVW added 18:51 - Dec 20 Some of his videos on YouTube look amazing. But then.... they always do!
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saint22 added 07:14 - Dec 21 Keep up https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/forum/304429/matias-soule/#5
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underweststand added 11:58 - Dec 21 Yet another " unknown name " who may shine like a diamond in the tough, but scoring goals in another league is no guarantee of anything in England, (just look at Onuachu.) Over many decades.. I have eagerly awaited those big money signings ...with goal-scoring talents who have joined Saints, but (with rare exception) ...I have been greatly underwhelmed with by end result. IF ..this fellow is to be one of the exceptions, I will be well-pleased but I won't be holding my breath in anticipation.

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Big_T added 18:21 - Dec 21 Seeing as we have no money I doubt there will be any signings this window.
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