Imbula Prefers Saints To Spurs Say French Press

According to French paper Le Parisien, Marseille's Gianelli Imbula would prefer to move to Southampton than Spurs.

Imbula is one of the hottest properties in Europa after a good season at Marseille and its rumoured that Spurs have already put in a £9.2 million bid for his services, but Le Parisien claim they are wasting their time as Imbula would prefer to move to Saints

Giannelli Imbula prefers a move to Southampton. The deal would consist of an initial â‚¬2m loan fee followed by an â‚¬18m obligatory buy-out clause at the end of the season” reports from RMC Sport claim.

Imbula was one of the top defensive midfielders in France last season and had an impressive 89.8% pass completion rate, if Saints could secure his services it would be a coup and even at 20 million euros that would still see Saints be able to use part of the fee for Morgan Schneiderlin and still have around £10 million to play with, so it would represent good business.

However Saints are not alone in their pursuit of Imbula, with Inter Milan also being heavily linked,

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