With a Senegalese striker gone and an Italian one possibly going, Saints could be looking to combine both in one signing with the latest player to be linked.

Khouma Babacar is a Senegalese striker who currently plays for Fiorentina in Series A and he is the latest to be rumoured to be heading for the South Coast.

The media in Italy are reporting that his agent is heading to England for talks with both Southampton and Crystal Palace with a fee in the region of 15 million euros being quoted.

This sounds a lot for a player whom could not get into the Fiorentina side much last season and who at 23 doesn't have the track record that warrants that sort of price tag.

He has yet to win a full cap for Senegal and his record with the Italian club is not that impressive.

At 6ft 3 he is more in the Pelle mode than Mane and when he first burst on the scene at 16 for Fiorentina he was described as the new Drogba, since then he has never really fulfilled that potential although at times he has had bursts of good form.

Perhaps Saints will take a gamble at a far lower price, but at current exchange rates 15 million euros is not a fee to be gambled with.

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SanMarco added 07:59 - Jul 8 You can have him Palace...
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SonicBoom added 09:10 - Jul 8 Another exotically named striker that we get linked with. Never heard of him before and I doubt, after today, we will ever hear of him again....
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Bettwsresident added 14:10 - Jul 8 How long before we hear that Ryan Seagar is being hawked in this way on the continent. we have a plethora of good strikers...if they could just stop doing their cruciates please!
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montecristo added 00:03 - Jul 9 is it just me or will Saints rue the day they sold mane, Redmond doesnt do it for me not in the same class at all.
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SanMarco added 11:25 - Jul 9 Not just you monte - it was a definite 'kerching' of the cash register sale rather than one that made footballing sense. Once Pelle departs two thirds of our goalscoring will have gone. Austin and Jayrod got one between them last season and Long will get you a few but he is not going to score loads. I don't remember defences being scared of Remond like they were of Mane.

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BarnetSaint added 16:06 - Jul 9 And with the extra demands of europa, we're painfully short in the striker department. At present, we have one of the weakest forward lines in the prem.( bearing in mind the injury doubts over 2 of them) Now Les and co, spend some fooking money and get a couple of quality strikers in ffs.
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