German Defender Could Arrive At St Mary's On Loan
Saints could bring in an experienced German central defender on loan as they look to cover not only the departure of Jose Fonte but an extended spell on the sidelines for Virgil Van Dijk.
Spartak Moscow's Serdar Tasci could be arriving at St Mary's on loan for the rest of the season according to media reports this morning.
The German who won 14 caps for his country between 2008-10 won the 2006-07 with his first club VFB Stuttgart and played over 200 games before joining the Russian club in 2013 although due to an injury in training it would be several months before he made his debut.
He went back to Germany in January 2016 where he signed for Bayern Munich on loan to relieve an injury crisis in the centre of their defence.
Saints are looking at a crisis of their own and it could be that two central defenders arrive in this window, although Saints kept a clean sheet at Liverpool, the euphoria after the result has made fans forget that essentially we are down to our third choice centre half and an untested youngster.
At Anfield although we kept a clean sheet, in many respects it was more luck than judgement and as heroically as Yoshida and Stephens played, the fact was that Liverpool had 3 or 4 chances in front of goal that they really should have buried but luck was with us.
Tasci who will be 30 in April will be out of contract in April and Spartak Moscow are happy to let him out on loan now as his contract runs down.
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