Saints are being reported to be close to signing Monaco's Guido Carrillo although whether he will be available this weekend depends on if it is done quickly.
Guido Carrillo is said to be in advanced talks with Saints over a £15 million move from Monaco to St Mary's, the Argentnian striker has reportably turned down several other Premier League clubs including Crystal Palace with his close links to Mauricio Pellegrino playing a part in his choice of destination.
Carrillo who will turn 27 in May has been at Monaco since the summer of 2015 and although he has struggled to hold down a place in the starting line up has proved valuable to their cause and although Carrillo has scored four times in Ligue 1 this season, but most of those appearences have come off the bench with only 2 starts. He has averaged a goal 104 minutes, which is not a bad record given his game time.
He has of course worked with Mauricio Pellegrino before whom he played under at Estudiantes in Argentina and is considered a centre forward and at 6ft 2 could provide some much needed aerial threat up front in the absence of Charlie Austin.
Certainly Saints fans at the moment are desperate for some incoming transfers and if Carrillo can be signed then the next task should be to secure a central defender and fast, if we do that then the squad should have a much better balance to it than it does now, however it still needs to be managed properly and that is perhaps the biggest problem at the moment.