Steven Defour and Wesley Hoedt have barely featured for the Clarets or the Saints recently but are they both heading to Royal Antwerp in Belgium?
Royal Antwerp are set to launch a last-gasp raid on the Premier League with GVA claiming that Burnley midfielder Steven Defour and Southampton defender Wesley Hoedt could be on their way to Belgium.
Sitting ninth in the Jupiler League table, one of the biggest clubs in Belgian football are clearly thinking big.
According to Voetbal Krant, Antwerp are hoping to lure Kevin Mirallas back to his homeland from Everton before the transfer window slams shut and the Goodison Park winger could potentially be joined by two more forgotten Premier League stars at the Bosuilstadion.
GVA claims that another Belgian international Defour is on their radar. Burnley paid £7.5 million for the combative midfielder in 2016 but the former Porto man has struggled with injuries over the last 12 months and he was released from his contract at Turf Moor over the weekend.
Hoedt too cost a pretty penny a few years ago when Southampton bought him from Lazio for £15 million (BBC).
After a loan spell at Celta Vigo, the Dutch international is well down the pecking order at St Marys and a move to Belgium could give Hoedt the chance to kick-start his career, albeit in a far smaller league.
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