Southampton's quietness on an earlier Antoine Semenyo bid will cost them a £70m lost opportunity under a three months span.
This international break, Premier League fans are busy nitpicking which team clowned during the summer market. Worst shoppings from Liverpool to Leeds United are being taunted and told, except Southampton who can't be hooked in these jokes for their non top-flight banner.
For all those perks, the Saints have the idiotic transfer fails and they don't only contain teenagers, some of them are squandered transfer tap-ins like Didier Drogba.
Said above, these mistakes don't even have fans advocating on the club's behalf, as to why Southampton couldn't hand out a kit and a decent contract to them.
In recent campaigns, one can see a perfect substitute to the Drogba blooper in Manchester United's Bryan Mbeumo. We can count on the 26-year-old to have escalated his Southampton exit pleas before spending a fifth summer, but think of the transfer funds he would've planted for the senior chiefs.
Bournemouth's incoming £70m profits could have diverted to Southampton
That financial help didn't arrive, and by January Southampton can add more £70m assistance in opportunity losses. Travelling back to 2023, an old Jacob Tanswell report suggested: "SaintsFC held talks with Antoine Semenyo's representatives last Tuesday but nothing since."
Wish the Saints had showered more energy on the deal, and let Semenyo gain a Premier League superstar's tag with them and not Bournemouth.
The 25-year-old playmaker is contesting at second for the Premier League golden boot, a quest where he can fuel up his chances by ending up among the five Champions League qualifying clubs.
Football Insider is reflecting Tottenham Hotspurs' interest at this stage and Saints get it, teams controlling heavy spending purses will be able to fork out the £80m estimated fee the report mentions.
Can Southampton overtake Bournemouth in accepting more lucrative paychecks? The attacking gems are there but let's see if anyone clinches the heights Semenyo has.