Southampton: 5 Premier League transfer flops for Saints

By Marc Walker | Jul 8, 2018

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: Filip Djuricic of Southampton is tackled by Joe Allen of Liverpool during the Barclays Premier League match between Southampton and Liverpool at St Mary's Stadium on February 22, 2015 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /

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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: Saphir Taider of Southampton is challenged by Philipp Wollscheid of Bayer Leverkusen during the pre season friendly match between Southampton and Bayer Leverkusen at St Mary’s Stadium on August 9, 2014 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Robin Parker/Getty Images) /

Saphir Taider

Saints thought they had managed to secure themselves a true talent for the season as Taider arrived from Inter Milan on-loan in 2014.

He was involved in one game for the U23s side and bagged himself a goal before featuring in the first-team’s pre-season friendly against Bayer Leverkusen at St Mary’s

The Algerian clearly didn’t see England as the place he wanted to be though, and by the end of August he had gone back to Inter and been loaned to Italian side Sassuolo.

The 26-year-old can now be found plying his trade for Bologna but has been loaned out to Montreal Impact in the MLS until next summer.

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