£30k-p/w “Mega Talent” Could Be Hojbjerg 2.0 At St Mary’s

Southampton have effectively and actually acquired the ball rolling by way of their switch exercise this week with the signings of Shea Charles and Ryan Manning.

The pair arrived from Manchester Metropolis and Swansea Metropolis respectively, and comply with within the steps of kids Derrick Abu and Josh McNamara in making the switch to St Mary’s this summer season.

Who’re Southampton seeking to signal?

The Saints will not be completed there, nonetheless, because the Each day Mail studies they are considering a move for Hoffenheim winger Jacob Bruun Larsen forward of kicking off their Championship marketing campaign subsequent month.

Southampton are stated to view Larsen as choice to replenish their squad within the large positions after selling Mislav Orsic to Trabzonspor, on prime of seeing Theo Walcott and Mohamed Elyounoussi depart as free agents.

Russell Martin’s aspect are additionally anticipated to lose Romeo Lavia, Tino Livramento and captain James Ward-Prowse within the coming weeks, making it all of the extra necessary they appease supporters with extra incoming exercise.

Who’s Hoffenheim winger Jacob Bruun Larsen?

In Larsen, Southampton could be signing a participant described as a “mega talent” in ready by Bundesliga author Alex Chaffer following his emergence with Danish aspect Lyngby on the age of 16.

Borussia Dortmund gained the race for the teenage expertise’s signature however, whereas he has earned six caps for Denmark and performed 83 occasions within the Bundesliga, his profession has not actually taken off – therefore the hyperlinks with a aspect in England’s second tier.

Larsen spent the 2020/21 season on mortgage underneath Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht earlier than returning to Hoffenheim, however he solely began thrice within the Bundesliga final trip as a result of damage points.

Nonetheless, the speedy winger – on wages of £30k-per-week, in response to Capology – was again in motion within the ultimate levels of the season and a transfer to a brand new league may present a platform to kick-start his profession.

With 4 targets in 25 Bundesliga matches when absolutely match two seasons in the past, Larsen averaged 0.44 goals per 90 minutes, as per FBref.

That may be a higher return than any Southampton participant managed within the Premier League final season, with Carlos Alcaraz leading the way on 0.35 targets per 90.

Southampton even have report on the subject of signing Danish gamers from a German membership, as was the case when spending around £15m to land Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in 2020.

Hojbjerg made over 100 Premier League appearances for Southampton throughout 4 seasons as an everyday and was named captain in December 2018, only to have it stripped off him additional down the road as he pushed for a transfer to Tottenham Hotspur.

Like Larsen, Hojbjerg began off at a Danish membership in Brondby earlier than transferring to Germany for spells with Bayern Munich, Augsburg and Schalke, the latter two on mortgage.

Hojbjerg was himself in want of a brand new problem after his profession began to stagnate at Bayern, which can be true of Larsen at Hoffenheim after 4 years on the membership.

If Southampton do certainly make a transfer for the 24-year-old, they are going to be glad to get even half as a lot out of him as they did compatriot Hojbjerg.