According to Swiss media outlet Blick, Saints had a scout at the Basel V Lausanne game on Sunday and he was making copious notes everytime a certain player was on the ball.

The man whom Blick claim Saints are after is Norwegian international Mohamed Elyounoussi, a player who has been linked with Saints in the past, the winger was born in Morrocco and turned 23 in August and signed for Basel in the summer of 2016 from Molde costing £2,88 million.

He has been a success in Switzerland and has also featured for the Norwegian team and this has meant he has been linked with a number of clubs including Leicester City and now Saints.

So far this season he has played 15 games in the Swiss Super League, scoring 4 goals and adding to that 10 assists, impressive stats and why Saints have been monitoring his progress, however looking at him is no guarantee we will make a move, the way Saints do their due dilligence on players means that at any given time they will be looking to have several ready to go options in any one position should they want to get a player in in that position.

The stumbling block though will be the price, he is contracted to Basel till 2021 so they will be in no hurry to sell, at least not unless they receive a big offer.

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TimSaint added 11:27 - Dec 7 Is this the JRod replacement we failed to land in the summer ?
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SanMarco added 12:11 - Dec 7 Another winger? If this was to be true then it must mean the end for Tadic or Redmond.
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BaselSaint added 12:50 - Dec 7 He scored the first goal from a central position against Benfica on Tuesday but the wide right delivery was from Michael Lang who scored from a central position when Basel beat MancU. Flexible. Basel recruitment guys are quite sharp - Mo Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri were from here.
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highfield49 added 13:11 - Dec 7 He's a decent player, not too unlike Boufal, from what little I know about him. SanMarco is right though, absolutely no reason for us to be interested unless Tadic and/or Redmond are moving on. I guess it also begs the question whether Gabbi is also on the move if the rumours about Ings heading south have any substance. Pure speculation of course, but it's fun to discuss the "what ifs" and revamp the team without having to concern ourselves about getting it horribly wrong! Personally I don't envy Les Reed, apart from his bank balance of course, when so much depends on getting the balance right.

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highfield49 added 13:13 - Dec 7 That was meant to be the balance of the team not Les's bank account!
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