Saints have certainly been active in the transfer so far this summer, with five signings in the bag already and not too much cash being paid out so far, but it seems that their recruitment campaign is far from finished yet.
So far Southampton have made five signings but with Adam Lallana & Charlie Taylor coming on out of contract free transfers and Nathan Wood & Ronnie Edwards fee's both being under £5 million, the only significant fee paid out has been the £20 million forked out for Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who spent last season on loan at St Mary's.
But it seems that the work and for that matter the cash in the coffers is far from finished with several big deals supposedly in the pipeline.
One of those according to getfootballnewsfrance.com has revealed that Southampton have had an initial bid turned down for Metz midfielder Lamine Camara.
They claim that Metz are also looking to garner a considerable fee for the 20 year old Camara. The Senegalese international who has already been capped 10 times scoring 3 goals for his country, has shone during his first season in Ligue 1.
Camara joined Metz from Academie Génération Foot, with whom Metz have a partnership, this is an club in Senegal, that has produced a significant amount of footballers who have succeeded in Europe since it's foundation in 2000, including ex Saints player Sadio Mane.
A central midfielder who can operate as a defensive option, an attacking option or just in the centre, after joining Metz in the summer of 2023, he played in 31 of the possible 34 Ligue 1 games, starting 30 of them, he also played both games in the Ligue1/2 play offs which saw Metz suffer relegation.
In these 33 games in total he scored twice plus 5 assists.
The opening bid was around £9 million, but that has been dismissed by Metz who are keen to get as much as they can for the player and open up a bidding war.
But the reports say that it is expected that Southampton will return with a new improved offer to get their man.