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Southampton set to smash their transfer record this week
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Southampton are smashing their transfer record by signing Juventus ace Mario Lemina in an £18million deal.
Lemina, 23, will undergo a medical on Monday after the two clubs agreed a fee.
Gabon international Lemina will snub interest from Stoke by moving to St Mary’s .
Since joining Juve from Marseille in 2015, Lemina led the club to two league titles and two Italian Cup triumphs.
Lemina was already in England for the Serie A giants’ 2-0 friendly defeat to Tottenham when Saints made their move.
The fee, which could rise to £20m with add-one, eclipses the £17m Saints paid Lille for Sofiane Boufal last summer.
Lemina will be new Saints boss Mauricio Pellegrino’s second signing after Poland defender Jan Bednarek.
Argentine Pellegrino said: “Hopefully the players that come in will make us stronger.”
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Klopp reveals Liverpool’s contingency plan for failing to land Van Dijk
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Jurgen Klopp is ready to put his trust in his current centre-backs to provide the backbone in a title-challenging team.
The Reds have so far been frustrated in their attempts to sign £60million-rated central defender Virgil van Dijk , who has been training on his own since informing Southampton of his desire to move to Anfield.
Liverpool , who completed their pre-season schedule with a 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, remain ready to shatter their transfer record for the Dutchman if Saints’ stance changes, but they don’t have an alternative target lined up.
Coach Klopp says improving on what he has already got is not easy – and he is prepared to persist with Ragnar Klavan and Joe Gomez providing back up for his first-choice centre-back pairing of Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip. “We have four centre-backs. I don’t think we need more,” Klopp said.
“Just at the moment I’m fine. The transfer market is open until the 31st of August.
“We cannot force things and we would never get a centre-back just because someone is available.
“Look out there and tell me five that would make us stronger. Then you win a prize! It’s difficult.
“I’m happy. You can imagine we still work on different things and we will see if it works.
“I am here to work with this squad and not just always thinking, ‘But if we don’t get this or this’.”
Liverpool may have only made three signings so far this summer – Dominic Solanke from Chelsea, Mohamed Salah for £34m from Roma and Scotland full-back Andy Robertson from relegated Hull.
But Klopp is adamant that the improvement in fringe players like Alberto Moreno and young midfielder Ryan Kent has further strengthened his hand ahead of Saturday’s Premier League opener at Watford. “I’m really fine with pre-season so far,” added the German. “There was all this talking about signings and then Alberto Moreno – what a pre-season he’s had. He has matured 100 per cent.
“Ryan’s looked unbelievable, really strong. Dom Solanke, maybe a few guys expected that, maybe not. That’s cool and I cannot ignore it. I don’t want to ignore it.”
With new boy Salah proving an instant hit with his performance on the wing, and striker Sadio Mane back firing after injury, Liverpool have looked potent in attack.
However, they continue to struggle at times defensively.
They conceded another soft goal against Athletic but Klopp believes that was down to mental fatigue. “I don’t see it as a concern,” he said.
“We made some bad passes, but we reacted very well.
“Would I prefer that we don’t have the issue any more? Probably yes, but that’s the thing we have to work on now.
“The rest is fluent, it looks good, the movements are good.”
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Jurgen Klopp hints Liverpool do not need to sign Virgil van Dijk: We don’t need more
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Liverpool were forced to apologise to Southampton earlier in the summer for their approach to signing Van Dijk and even announced they were no longer interested in the defender. But reports have suggested that is not the case with Southampton supposedly rejecting two bids from the Reds. Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip came under criticism last season with Liverpool having the worst defensive record of any side in the top six. A centre back was reportedly high on Klopp’s wish list for this summer’s transfer window.
“We have four. I don’t think we need more. In the moment I’m fine” But the Liverpool boss has now claimed he is happy with his options at centre-back. “Look out there and tell me five that would make us stronger. Five. Then you win a prize. It’s difficult how it is,” said Klopp. “We have four. I don’t think we need more. In the moment I’m fine. We are open until August 31. We cannot force the things and we would never get a centre back just because (of the sake of it). “We have the need, we have some, but you don’t take any. It doesn’t work. I don’t see it (the defence) as a concern.
“There is a bit of a tiredness in the mind because the pre-season has been long. We just came back from the training camp. We will do better when we are fresher. “I’m happy. You can imagine we are still working on different things and we will see if it works. "I am already here to work with this squad and not just always thinking ‘but if we don’t get this or this’. Let’s wait until August 31. Then we will talk about it.”
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THE VERDICT: Saints make pre-season progress
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Progress is what Mauricio Pellegrino wanted to see in Saints’ final pre-season friendly against Sevilla, and progress is what he got.
Indeed, it was not only progress in the context of pre-season, but progress as the game went along as well.
It is never easy for a new manager to get their ideas across and have a team up and running in the style they demand in a matter of weeks.
It is harder still when you are denied the chance to work with many of the bigger stars in your squad due to international commitments delaying their return.
But there are steady signs that Pellegrino has things moving in the right direction ahead of the season opener against Swansea on Saturday.
Also interesting is to see a glimpse of the possible reality of life under Pellegrino compared to some of the expectations.
For example, there is not great evidence of a return to high pressing football, the sort of which Saints fans grew to love so much under Mauricio Pochettino.
If anything, the style of play under Pellegrino – at least evidenced on Saturday and, caveat warning, it is still early days – owed a bit more to Puel than Pochettino.
But trying to find that balance is always difficult. In fairness, Ronald Koeman’s Saints managed to find what was, with hindsight, a middle ground between Pochettino and Puel’s styles.
For all the knocking of Puel, he played a certain way as Saints manager not because he had some sort of philosophical insistence about it, but because he thought it was the best chance of success.
It is perfectly reasonably to disagree with his point of view, that’s football, but he had been a successful manager for a long time and that was his expert judgement.
Pellegrino appears to be trying to find a way to make Saints a better attacking prospect, a side that can score more goals, but is still putting emphasis on defending.
However, it is good news that he didn’t appear to be desperately pleased with the fact Saints were so deep in the first half against Sevilla.
The Spanish side play possession football, and Saints often responded by getting 11 men behind the ball deep in their own half.
It made them impossible for Sevilla to break down, but was more like what was seen, and not enjoyed, last season.
As the match wore on and Saints started to grow in confidence and belief in what Pellegrino has asked of them, they started to look better and better.
Suddenly, they were trying to be more imposing, trying to marry defensive solidity with some attacking prowess.
It is still very much a work in progress, but the signs are that Pellegrino is edging ever nearer to what he wants just in time for the new season.
That Saints followed up the horrible 4-0 defeat to Augsburg with a victory to sign off the summer preparations was also notable.
Sevilla are a decent team, though being a week behind Saints in their preparations and the fact they changed nine outfield players at half time with half an eye on another friendly with Everton the very next day meant it was hard to gauge how motivated they were as opposition, even if they were clearly technically adept.
If you could have one criticism of Saints this summer it would be that the pre-season schedule doesn’t appear all that cohesive and they have seemed to be rather trying to make the best of it.
After a tricky start against Sevilla, Saints found some pressure and forced keeper Sergio Rico into a couple of saves via efforts from Manolo Gabbiadini and Nathan Redmond.
Saints took the lead on 26 minutes as Jack Stephens met a left wing corner at the far post. His sidefooted effort took a considerable deflection, but even so the belief that the goal brought to Saints started to up their levels.
With all the half time changes from Sevilla, and Saints making a few switches as the match progressed, there were times in which the game became a little disjointed. But, pleasingly for Saints, it was they who grew into the spells when any either side could establish some sort of rhythm, and as they second half went on they looked better and better.
Stephens had a goal chalked out for offside before sub Jake Flannigan worked Rico with an impressive half volley from inside the box.
Saints were knocking on the door and got their reward with a second goal eight minutes from time.
It was a bit of a cracker to watch, with Dusan Tadic feeding the ball into Steven Davis, and the Northern Ireland midfielder producing a wonderful flick pass into the path of Gabbiadini, who produced a clinical low first time finish.
Saints are certainly not the finished article just yet, but on this evidence they are moving in the right direction.
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