Saints are believed to be interested in taking Real Madrid's Martin Odegaard on loan for the coming season.
Real Madrid held off competition from some of Europe's biggest clubs including Liverpool, Manchester united & Saints when they signed Martin Odegaard in January.
However his time at Real Madrid has not been without its controversy with reports coming through of Odegaard's attitude & a refusal to train with Real Madrid's reserve squad, only joining them on matchday & indeed reports that he was even dropped from this team as his attitude was affecting the team performance.
Now Real Madrid are keen to get the 16 year old first team experience elsewhere on loan and Saints could be a big draw for them in that we can not only offer the chance to play in the Premier but perhaps the chance of playing in the Europa league.
In this respect Saints would be ideal in that Odegaard unlike if he went to the likes of Liverpool or United where he would not get in the first team, would have a genuine opportunity to do so at St Mary's.
But the big question for Saints is whether Odegaard would be more trouble than he would be worth, despite Real Madrid mapping out his career path to him when he signed, he or allegedly his Father soon became agrieved that this path was stuck to and that Odegaard was not given first team opportunities. If he fails to get in the Saints side then these issues could arise again.