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Saints Scouting In Portugal Over The Weekend
Monday, 16th Jan 2017 10:21

Saints had a scout at the Benfica V Boavista fixture on Saturday, but who was the target of the report winging it's way back to St Mary's.

There are possibly two players who might interest Saints before the transfer window is closed.

The first is Rafa Silva who Saints have been linked with before when he was with Braga before joining Benfica in a 16 million euros move, however it is unlikely that he will leave the Stadium Of Light after so short a period of time.

More likely the player being watched was Goncalo Guedes who would fit the bill of the type of striker that Claude Puel would want in his squad, ie a nippy forward in the Raheem Sterling/ Daniel Sturridge mode who is able to interchange in the front three during games.

Guedes is not a prolific scorer for Benfica but has the knack of creating chances for others and despite only turning 20 back in November has already featured in the full Portugese side.

Although he is contracted to the Lisbon side till 2021, e is valued at around £8 million currently although in a January transfer window this would more likely need to rise to £10 million to secure his services.

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arthurfane added 10:41 - Jan 16
We don't really need a player with 'a knack of creating chances for others' - we need a finisher!
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ChristchurchSaint added 11:09 - Jan 16
Neither of those mentioned are prolific goal scorers! Whilst I appreciate that they are a very rare commodity, we do need someone who knows where the goal is, and if the board has to release a large sum of money, then they should do it. With Austin out for most of the season ( if not all!), and JRod and Long not firing on all cylinders, we need a new striker NOW!
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highfield49 added 12:58 - Jan 16
Have to agree with the majority Nick, signing another player who can create chances is not the pressing need it's an old school poacher with the ability to read the game that we need right now. I've lost count of the number of balls played across the box or pulled back from the line that have been wasted because none of our players was smart or quick enough to get their foot, knee, thigh, chest, head or indeed any part of their anatomy into a place to get the ball in the net.
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SanMarco added 14:02 - Jan 16
"Guedes is not a prolific scorer" - sounds like just the man to sort our problems out....
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halftimeorange added 14:33 - Jan 16
May I suggest we offer Fonte to Sunderland in exchange for Defoe. Jermaine could come back to his home in the south and Jose could go back to where he belongs - the Championship.All problems solved.
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