Saints are being linked with a player who is co owned by two italian clubs so are we dealing with Inter Milan or Torino ?

The player in question is Inter Milan midfielder Marco Benassi who was a full Inter player up to last summer when he was sold to Torino under a co ownership agreement.

He seems to have flourished at Torino and his form earned him a call up to the full Italian squad by manager Ceasare Prandelli who has been calling up those as he sees as potential future full caps to evaluate them.

Saints are now being linked with a £5.7 million bid in order to secure full ownership of the defensive midfielder who will turn 21 in September.

Again perhaps a link or perhaps there is nothing there, however this is the sort of player Saints are trying to spot these days, young talent ready to blossom

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corkcitysaint added 18:30 - Jun 23 Co- ownership, what a load of tosh! Would that not any potential signing more complicated anyway? He might be worth a punt though at that fee.
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Saintsfaninoz added 07:01 - Jun 25 It seems that the Saints target a specific type of player. That is, talented and ambitious, but raw (Schneiderlin, himself, fits this profile). We then use our staff and facilities to coach them up to PL standard, effectively putting polish on, hopefully keeping them, but selling on if the price is right. Great business model (Koeman has obviously been recruited with this in mind), but at some stage, we need to keep these players in order to progress.

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