Southampton fans are left wondering Trabzonspor's new transfer stance as they aim to influence the Saints' centre-forward recruitment.
While Portsmouth are notoriously famed for being Southampton's rivals, it's Trabzonspor who take on their role of annoying the Saints in transfer markets, whenever they wish.
Consequently, they have now stopped drawing exciting eyeballs from Southampton fans, who can't help themselves either but ignore meagre bids.
Honestly speaking, opening offers are lower in valuation and it ain't a wrong practice but holding out the transfer desire intact while yo-yo-ing between subpar transfer fees doesn't entice any club's board, let alone their fans.
Missing out on Cepeda can boost Geubbels to Southampton transfer
So, could Trabzonspor change this "beating around the bush" strategy? Of course, they can and in fact, they have gone a step above this time, by interfering in for a Southampton transfer target.
According to a report from Taka Gazete, the Turkish outfit has flexed their transfer muscles for potentially acquiring Lucas Cepeda.
Quite an improved transfer intent from them, isn't it? Following a long drawn out bargaining tussle with Southampton for multiple Premier League players, Trabzonspor are happily prepared to onboard Lucas Cepeda who is yet to clock even a single appearance in European leagues.
For these reasons, football fans always conclude saying that the transfer windows are an unpredictable event. Since a good while, Cepeda moving to other clubs was a big possibility, but Trabzonspor fancying a decent approach has definitely left the Saints in disbelief.
Glancing at the positives, Southampton may be forced to narrow down their preferred strikers pool, which Willem Geubbels is leading as things stand.
Needless to say, the Frenchman's hunger for finding the back of the net has a lot of fans craving for his arrival. Even if Geubbels inspires the St. Mary's to dream higher in the future despite not scoring frequently, the fans will remain thankful to Trabzonspor and let's hope it turns out to be the reality, too.