Saints Close To Completing Napoli Deal !

According to various news sources Saints are very close to a £8.5 million deal with Napoli for a central defender.

Saints could be about to add Napoli central defender Kalidou Koulibaly according to several media sources today, costing the club £8.5 million he is sorely needed after Saints display in defence in their last two games where sadly Yoshida showed that he is not up to a more permanent role in the line up.

Certainly Saints need strength in the back and Koulibaly would fit that bill, how close to the truth the reports are, are yet to become clear and the interesting thing will be whether Ronald Koeman will stop there or will still add Virgil Van Dijk to the squad should he secure Koulibaly.

According to Tuttosport in Italy, the players representatives are due to meet with representatives of Saints in the coming days and it could be that the Dutch manager is looking to re vamp his defence this season, that would spell bad news for Jose Fonte who as he approaches 32 in the coming months could lose out if Saints were to land Koulibaly and Van Dijk to add to Steven Caulker.

This would be harsh on Fonte who has been a great servant for Saints and the next fortnight will tell us of Koeman's intentions, certainly the manager isn't afraid to make harsh decisions.

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