Latest reports during Friday suggested that Southampton had re opened talks with Everton over Tyler Dibling, now it seems that the deal could be done over the weekend, proof on how close this deal is will be whether Dibling is in Saints squad to face Stoke City on Saturday.
Sky Sports are saying that they understand an agreement in principle is in place between Everton & Southampton for a £42 million deal which includes £6m add-ons, which are easily achievable based on appearances, and a 20 per cent sell-on clause.
Southampton supporters have in the past few seasons criticised the club for selling off young talent, but it seems that a sense of reality is now in the fanbase as far from moaning at Sport Republic and complaining we are a selling club, many supporters have now woken up to the fact that over the past 5 years or so the Premier League has changed and money really does talk these days.
Saints social media is full of fans demanding that the club sell Dibling and that we should snatch the hands off Everton.
It truth £36 million down, plus £6 million based on a low appearance level is good money for a player who seems to have had his hurt turned by his agent, especially as there is a 20 % sell on clause.
Everton now in their new stadium seem desperate to spend money,.
Moyes, who admitted in his pre-match press conference ahead of the fixture against Brighton that the Toffees have struggled to spend money this summer after missing out on several key targets.
"We have money to spend and we are trying to spend it," Moyes is quoted as saying
"It is not we don't have the money to spend, we do have, but we're finding it very difficult to spend the money at the moment.
"We've really gone for some top players but unfortunately we've not been able to get them, so we might be finding ourselves coming down the ladder to find players because we are short on numbers generally. We are going to have to adjust."
That is not what Tyler Dibling will want to hear, especially as it seems that when he joins the Everton squad, he will not exactly be the first choice in the squad for a berth out wide, some Everton fans have it that he will be 5th in line.
Truth is for Saints is that this is great money for a player who has basically had a decent half season in a Saints shirt and struggled in the second half, although it cannot be denied that he is a talent.
However as it stands this is a great deal for Saints who will feel that in Jay Robinson, they have a better prospect that Dibling.
If he doesn't succeed at the Hill Dickinson, then we will have done well to pocket the cash, if he does then we will get that 20 % sell on clause.