Saints Linked With Liverpool Defender
Saints again being linked with Liverpool in the transfer window, but for once the deal is about a player coming South rather than moving North.
Saints are being linked with Liverpool central defender Mamadou Sakho a player who when he joined Liverpool for £18 million in the summer of 2013 had a big reputation both for his time at Paris St Germain and also with the French national side with whom he had broken through as a regular.
But his reputation has been destroyed at Liverpool and now he finds himself isolated by Jurgen Klopp and has yet to make even the squad this season let alone play a game, even when Liverpool have rested players for league cup matches.
Although he looks a little ungainly, Sakho is not only big and strong defensively but able to carry the ball forward and in many respects could be a perfect partner for Virgil Van Dijk in the short term.
His shortcomings at Liverpool were mainly about his positional sense, however the gung ho style of Liverpool was perhaps not suited to his style and his ability to carry the ball forward meant he was out of position as teams counter attacked.
Sakho knows that he needs to leave Liverpool to resurrect his career before it goes even further out of sight and Saints could be a good move for him with Claude Puel knowing his playing style well from their time in France.
The cost will be far less than the £18 million Liverpool paid in 2013 even though the player is only 18 months into the new 5 year contract he signed in the summer of 2015 as Liverpool will be keen to get some money back as well as his wages off the books.
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