Saints are fast becoming the team that the top players in Europe are talking about, with Wolfsburg's Bas Dost openly speaking of his desire to move to Southampton.
Bas Dost is perhaps not a name that Saints fans are familiar with, however if the player himself has his way they could soon be.
Dost has been speaking to Dutch magazine Helden about his future at Wolfsburg and where he would like the next stage of his career to lie.
Wolfsburg are believed to be chasing Simone Zaza a player who has been linked with Saints and if they get him Dost could find himself surplus to requirements at the Bundesliga club.
Dost scored 8 times for Wolfsburg last season in 22 matches, a reasonable strike rate given the number of games played and in the previous season scored 16 in 21 games, indeed in his four seasons in Germany for the club he has scored 36 Bundesliga goals in 104 appearances.
At 6ft 5 inches he is presumably a target man and would offer Saints another option should Pelle leave and of course wit Charlie Austin's injury record.
Speaking to Helden when asked about Saints he said.
"That would be a good club for me,” but I don’t know if that club is realistic for me right now."
"It’s a nice club, that’s all I can say.”
He said his aim was to start a new chapter in his career, "within Germany or to England” and added: "I want to show what can I do.”
Dost has played 6 times for Holland scoring once.
Whether he is on Saints radar is unclear, but certainly it shows that Saints are getting known in European footballing circles.