Southampton Could Reunite With 30-Year-Old Attacker This Summer

Southampton may very well be about to make a transfer for former attacker Danny Ings, with Gazzetta dello Sport, via West Ham Zone reporting that he may very well be allowed to go away West Ham.

What number of targets has Danny Ings scored?

The 30-year-old at present performs for West Ham, having solely simply linked up with the membership in January. He was capable of play 17 times within the Premier League for the Hammers, albeit solely seven of these have been begins.

Nonetheless, he managed a tidy return of two targets and two assists in these fixtures. Previous to that, he had performed for Aston Villa for 2 campaigns, managing 13 aim contributions throughout his first season with the Villans within the league. In truth, his fee with the Midlands outfit by no means dropped beneath 0.6 aim contributions per 90 throughout his time there – which means he was largely good for a aim or help in each different prime flight recreation he featured in.

His most prolific time although got here throughout when he performed in a Southampton shirt. He has extra league targets for them than anybody else in his profession and his general aim contribution fee of 0.68 per 90 is also the most effective he has ever produced. Enjoying for them for simply three seasons, he managed 91 league outings with 41 targets and 9 assists. He may by no means assist the Saints to interrupt into the highest half of the Premier League, however he has racked up 104 league targets throughout the divisions in English soccer.

Are Southampton signing Danny Ings?

Now, in response to a report from Gazzetta dello Sport, via West Ham Zone, the ahead may very well be set for a return to St Mary’s Stadium this summer season. That is as a result of West Ham have already determined they could promote the 30-year-old this switch window, with a necessity for the Irons to filter out a few of their attacking choices.

It signifies that Ings may very well be proven the door – and if he’s, there may very well be an opportunity for him to hyperlink again up with Southampton in response to the report. One phrase of warning the report for excited Saints followers although, as they imagine Ings is the much less seemingly of the Hammers’ present strikers to be offered, behind Gianluca Scamacca and Michail Antonio.

Ings was praised for his talents in entrance of aim not too way back by former teammate Matty Cash, who hailed how “sensible” Ings was throughout his time at Aston Villa. He said that the Englishman was “one of many smartest gamers” he had ever lined up alongside and added that any striker wants to look at the participant in motion.

The 30-year-old has nonetheless acquired the potential to hit the again of the web in his locker and nonetheless has loads of years left to take action – and with Southampton, he may return to the membership the place he was arguably essentially the most prolific. If the Saints may get him firing as he beforehand did with them within the Championship, it may very well be an enormous increase by way of a push for promotion.