According to an exclusive report by the Daily Star, Southampton are hoping to pip Premier League rivals Leicester City to the signing of FC Basel attacker Mohamed Elyounoussi, and Saints fans have been quick to react to the rumour.
With Sofiane Boufal’s future at St Mary’s seemingly in doubt after he fell out with Mark Hughes in April and with Dusan Tadic said to be on the verge of signing for Ajax, the south coast outfit need a new attacking midfielder/winger and the 23-year-old certainly fits the bill.
The Norway international scored 13 goals and provided a further 17 assists in 44 appearances in all competitions for the Swiss outfit, which included a goal and an assist in his team’s 2-1 win against Manchester City at the Etihad in March.
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Southampton supporters, who know two academy graduates they don’t want to replace Tadic if he does leave, took to social media to give their thoughts on the link, and while one said “this would be a great statement of intent by us”, another said “don’t think he’s good enough for the PL”.
Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…