Southampton are heavily armed with cash following the sale of their prized asset.
Sky Sports pundit Matt Le Tissier advised the Saints to spend the money they received from Virgil van Dijk’s sale on a striker and one or two attacking midfield players, when writing a column for Sky Sports.
Southampton have been incredibly impotent in front of goal this season, scoring just 20 goals in the 21 Premier League games they have played thus far, and Mauricio Pellegrino will surely be looking to bolster his attacking options this month.
With the Van Dijk money, it will be vitally important for the Argentine to strengthen in more than one position, if he is to build a squad capable of making a sustained challenge for a place inside the top 10.
Le Tissier, who scored 212 goals for the south coast outfit, urged his former club to invest heavily in the attacking areas, when writing a column for Sky Sports:
“Well Southampton clearly need a centre-forward and I would say we probably need one or two players for that spot in behind the striker to inject some creativity. I think the money from selling Virgil van Dijk will be invested in the attack because we’ve got Wesley Hoedt, who was brought in knowing Van Dijk was going, and then Jack Stephens and Maya Yoshida are also options at centre-back. The fans will certainly appreciate a couple of decent forwards coming in to make them more creative and positive.”
Only time will tell if Pellegrino is allowed to reinvest the entire £75 million received by the club for Van Dijk, but if they harbour true ambitions of climbing the table, it could be argued that that is the very least amount they need to lay out on new players.
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