Southampton Can Land Djenepo Upgrade With £42k-p/w Swoop

Southampton head coach Russell Martin has a busy couple of months forward of him because the membership has to navigate the summer time switch window.

The aspect’s relegation to the Championship has left them able the place a few of their gamers at the moment are targets for top-flight outfits and the ex-Swansea tactician might want to make shrewd strikes out there to construct a squad able to pushing for promotion.

John Percy, of The Telegraph, not too long ago reported that Premier League aspect Newcastle United are in talks with the membership over a possible deal for Tino Livramento.

The Magpies are trying to signal the right-back from St. Mary’s and could be prepared to supply a payment within the area of £15m in addition to throwing Ryan Fraser in as a makeweight.

Nonetheless, the Saints worth the previous Chelsea academy prospect at £30m and it stays to be seen whether or not or not they might be prepared to entertain such a proposal.

Would Ryan Fraser be a very good signing?

If Southampton do comply with a player-plus-cash deal from Newcastle then Martin may land an enormous improve on present winger Moussa Djenepo by signing Fraser.

The Scotland worldwide has been frozen out of the image by Eddie Howe, with no first-team minutes since October of final yr, however has showcased his potential as a inventive ahead previously.

For the reason that begin of the 2020/21 Premier League marketing campaign, Fraser has averaged a Sofascore rating of 6.71 or increased together with a contribution of two targets and 5 assists in 53 top-flight outings. He has recorded a rating of 6.84 or increased in three of the last four seasons with no Saints attacker managing higher than that final time period.

In that point, Djenepo has averaged a Sofascore rating of 6.59 or decrease alongside an unimpressive one purpose and two assists in 55 league appearances.

The 29-year-old additionally produced an excellent seven targets and 14 assists, together with 2.4 key passes per match, in the course of the 2018/19 Premier League season for Bournemouth.

Djenepo, in the meantime, solely has 13 assists in his whole membership profession and has by no means averaged greater than 0.6 chances created per league conflict for the Saints. In reality, no player in the squad managed greater than 1.9 key passes per sport or 4 assists.

Subsequently, Fraser, who was as soon as described as a “pocket dynamo” by ex-Scotland ahead Charlie Nicholas, has the potential to be an enormous improve on the previous Normal Liege dud.

The £42k-per-week earner has not been a standout lately, with an absence of standard sport time at Newcastle of late presumably enjoying an element in that, however has nonetheless been in a position to produce performances that Djenepo has by no means been in a position to handle in England.

His distinctive shows in the course of the 2018/19 marketing campaign additionally recommend that there’s an distinctive expertise for Martin to unearth. As such, a drop all the way down to the Championship may assist the skilled attacker to reignite his contact within the ultimate third.