Reports: Ronald Koeman is set to go on a club record £50million shopping spree in the next fortnight as Southampton reel from the amazing exodus of stars out of St Marys. With defender Dejan Loven due to complete his £20million move to Liverpool within the next 48 hours and teenage full back Callum Chambers expected to follow him in a £12million switch to Arsenal, Koeman is considering going Dutch in a big way to fill the gaps. If midfielder Morgan Schneiderlain also follows his former boss Mauricio Pochettino to Spurs for a similar fee it will add up to close on a staggering £100million worth of talent to march out of Saints this summer. Luke Shaw started the ball rolling with his £32million transfer to Manchester United, and Liverpool will have forked out nearly £50million on Saints stars when they wrap up the Lovren following the captures of Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana. Arsenal and Spurs are expected to add even more to the bulging Southampton coffers before the new season kicks off next month. Thats why Koeman has been given the go ahead to splash the cash like never before. And hes going home to Holland - and former club Feyenoord in particular - to do it. The new boss, who has already taken Italian striker Graziano Pelle from Feyenoord, has now also set his sights on central defender Stefan De Vrig and international midfielder Jordy Clasie, who has been dubbed the Dutch Xavi. He is also believed to be eyeing another Dutchman, Leroy Fer at Norwich, another international who played for Koeman at Feyenoord. Lazios Nigerian World Cup star Eddy Onazi is also understood to be on the Saints bosss radar. In the meantime, Koeman is also expected to step up his bid to lure England international keeper Fraser Forster from Celtic. He has already had one £4million bid knocked back and may now increase Saints offer to £5million for the ex-Newcastle man who was one of three keepers Roy Hodgson took to Brazil and who Celtic value at around £8million. Celtics Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk is also interesting Koeman and the 23-year-old who Celtic have slapped a £10million price tag on, has gone public in saying he would like to join his fellow countryman in the Premier League.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 23:16:17 +0000
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