Saints Open Bidding War On Striker
The media are reporting that Saints have made an opening bid for Birmingham City's Che Adams.
Saints are being said to have had an £8 million bid for Che Adams turned down, this is no surprise as it is around half the price that was being quoted back in the January transfer window.
Back then the Blues rejected the offers because they would have been unable to reinvest the money due a transfer embargo.
But they are resigned to the fact that they are going to have to sell their prize asset and that has lead Saints to opening the bidding low.
This should not be seen as cheapskate behaviour, Saints are under no illusions that they are going to get the player for that price, they know that it will be much more potentially double, but they also know if they want to get the deal done early then they need to test the waters and not only Birmingham's resolve but bring out the other potential buyers into the market.
Burnley and Norwich are said to be ready to bid, but Saints will feel that they have more to offer than both of those clubs including transfer fee, salary and more importantly opportunity.
This is the opening offer, it won't be the last !
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