According to French paper Le Parisien, Marseille's Gianelli Imbula would prefer to move to Southampton than Spurs.

Imbula is one of the hottest properties in Europa after a good season at Marseille and its rumoured that Spurs have already put in a £9.2 million bid for his services, but Le Parisien claim they are wasting their time as Imbula would prefer to move to Saints

Giannelli Imbula prefers a move to Southampton. The deal would consist of an initial €2m loan fee followed by an €18m obligatory buy-out clause at the end of the season” reports from RMC Sport claim.

Imbula was one of the top defensive midfielders in France last season and had an impressive 89.8% pass completion rate, if Saints could secure his services it would be a coup and even at 20 million euros that would still see Saints be able to use part of the fee for Morgan Schneiderlin and still have around £10 million to play with, so it would represent good business.

However Saints are not alone in their pursuit of Imbula, with Inter Milan also being heavily linked,

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saintstuinoz added 01:24 - Jun 29 Prefers us to Spurs? I like him already!
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SanMarco added 10:11 - Jun 29 Yes, but so did Toby if I remember correctly...
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stmichael added 10:27 - Jun 29 What a crock of Shiiiit. Toby preferred us and he also had a clause to join us. Personally I would say sign him up on a contract or forget him.
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Frank_Steel added 12:20 - Jun 29 looks like porto for imbula.
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