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Southampton: Five possible replacements for Sofiane Boufal

By Chris Hughes

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Sofiane Boufal of Southampton walks to the dugout for the start of the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Southampton at Selhurst Park on September 16, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Sofiane Boufal of Southampton walks to the dugout for the start of the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Southampton at Selhurst Park on September 16, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) /
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EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – JULY 26: Steven Bergwijn of Eindhoven runs with the ball during the friendly match between FC Eindhoven and PSV Eindhoven at Philips Stadium on July 26, 2016 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – JULY 26: Steven Bergwijn of Eindhoven runs with the ball during the friendly match between FC Eindhoven and PSV Eindhoven at Philips Stadium on July 26, 2016 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images) /

Steven Bergwijn

With Justin Kluivert stealing the limelight thanks to his dad’s pedigree, there hasn’t been a huge amount of coverage of Steven Bergiwijn’s breakthrough season in the Eredivisie in the mainstream media. This isn’t helped by the fact that fellow wingers Hirving Lozano and Alireza Jahanbakhsh enjoyed great seasons in the Dutch first division too.

However, Bergwijn enjoyed a really good season for PSV, featuring most predominantly down the right but showing his versatility with a good amount of appearances down the other flank too.

He scored eight goals and set up a further 11, an impressive return as the youngest player to make this list at just 20.

The Dutchman has been linked with some of Europe’s biggest teams but at such a tender age, a move to an elite team could tarnish his growth as a player rather than push it to the next level. A move to Southampton may only be a stepping stone, but the Saints could enjoy a great couple of years out of the youngster.

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