Southampton can undo their 2024 transfer failure as a second tempting Armel Bella-Kotchap offer is expected to be lying around the corner.
Right now, Southampton are gazing at the looming prospect of a Club Brugge bid. Whether it will arrive or will the Belgian giants wish to begin with a loan can be valid question marks but Samuel Edozie would want it to be a better experience than the Rangers one he suffered last year.
Indeed, failing to iron out the final details on an all-but-done loan deal is frustrating but it pales in comparison to the agony of watching a full-fledged permanent transfer get chalked off at the last minute.
Surely, very few players other than Southampton's Armel Bella-Kotchap can relate to it. According to Florian Plettenberg's last year's report, the Saints left €15m on the table in that transfer mess which could have been put to good use on some marquee Premier League signings at that time.
Bella-Kotchap likely to become second-time transfer lucky
Anyways, the best thing about the summer transfer windows is that they might take a complete circle and offer a similar-sized chance again. In recent days, Armel Bella-Kotchap has seen the momentum balance swinging in his favour and the speculations are again aligning for an eight-figure windfall for the Southampton transfer chiefs.
As pointed out by Saints Extra, the all-round defender can draw a €10m approach for the club which is too good to be swept away, in all honesty. Plus, one of the 23-year-old's suitors is his teammate Edozie's former employers Anderlecht, who can make it two summers in a row in Southampton transfer dealings.
Gavin Bazunu also went playing in the same league, so, the Belgian outfit can't be ruled out as a Bella-Kotchap frontrunner only for not belonging from the German league. Hopefully, some of those teams avoid remaining at the negotiation fence and come marching to Southampton's offices with brilliant offers in their hands.