Saints are being reported to be close to signing Monaco's Guido Carrillo although whether he will be available this weekend depends on if it is done quickly.

Guido Carrillo is said to be in advanced talks with Saints over a £15 million move from Monaco to St Mary's, the Argentnian striker has reportably turned down several other Premier League clubs including Crystal Palace with his close links to Mauricio Pellegrino playing a part in his choice of destination.

Carrillo who will turn 27 in May has been at Monaco since the summer of 2015 and although he has struggled to hold down a place in the starting line up has proved valuable to their cause and although Carrillo has scored four times in Ligue 1 this season, but most of those appearences have come off the bench with only 2 starts. He has averaged a goal 104 minutes, which is not a bad record given his game time.

He has of course worked with Mauricio Pellegrino before whom he played under at Estudiantes in Argentina and is considered a centre forward and at 6ft 2 could provide some much needed aerial threat up front in the absence of Charlie Austin.

Certainly Saints fans at the moment are desperate for some incoming transfers and if Carrillo can be signed then the next task should be to secure a central defender and fast, if we do that then the squad should have a much better balance to it than it does now, however it still needs to be managed properly and that is perhaps the biggest problem at the moment.

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IanRC added 19:48 - Jan 18 Buy Wellbeck if he is available.
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dirk_doone added 21:18 - Jan 18 "The Argentine has been offered to a number of Premier League clubs but he is keen to link up with Mauricio Pellegrino, who he worked with during his formative years back home at Estudiantes." Danny Owen HITC Being offered to them is different to him turning them down, although it does sound as though Pellegrino is the main reason he is coming here.
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benalisbroom added 08:25 - Jan 19 Carrillo is clearly a good player but I am very much of the view that the root of our problems lies in the centre half position. In these days of statistical analysis I just cannot understand why the club seem so myopic to the way in which goals are conceded and in Southampton's case they seems always to come from headers inside the box from unmarked forwards. This has been going on for years and was evident even when one of Fonte or VVD got injured - but no real action taken to address this. Most who've seen Bednarek play are underwhelmed to say the very least. Given this - and our reputation for nurturing young talent - why, oh why, is Les not raiding his former club for a centre half who their manager describes as "without doubt the best young central defender in the country": https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5162470/everton-scouts-watch-20-year-old £4m and - to rub salt - it looks like he's going to Everton.

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A_Saint_in_Stoke added 10:33 - Jan 19 HEY !! Just what we wanted " A PROLIFIC GOALSCORER " ? .... £15 Mill for - A 26-year-old has scored five goals in 22 games this season. PANIC STATIONS OR WHAT? Pellegrino just wants someone to talk in his language! IF HE DOES SIGN - WILL BE A GREAT BIG FLOP AND will be sold on AT A BIG LOSS .... makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER ....Better value and less of a risk ... right here in the U.K.

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kingolaf added 19:11 - Jan 19 Looks like the club has managed to f*ck this one up as well.
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