The left-back came on after 57 minutes of Southampton’s third pre-season friendly, at the Stade Municipal de Chambéry, with the scores level at 0-0, before quickly providing two superb assists to set the side on the way to a 3-0 triumph.
Targett first whipped in a tremendous cross for Manolo Gabbiadini to power a header into the top corner in the 64th minute, before teeing up James Ward-Prowse for the second with a low ball two minutes later.
“I’m very pleased with my contribution,” he said. “It’s still early doors and we’ve still got two games next week, but when you don’t play and you get a chance to come on the pitch you’ve got to make an impression to the manager and show you want to start.”
The result marked an excellent end to a positive week in France, and Targett was delighted with the progress made under the guidance of Mauricio Pellegrino.
“This week we’ve worked very hard,” he said. "The manager has put his philosophy into training, he’s shown us what he wants us to do and the game was a perfect chance to express ourselves and show him what we can do.
“He’s been a breath of fresh air. A new manager, new ideas and a new playing style. It’s a very exciting playing style and all the players are fully behind him.”
Nemanja Matic is set to leave Chelsea to join Premier League rivals Manchester United in a £40 million deal.
The Serbian midfielder was a key player as the Blues eased to the league title last season, but the signing of Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco has reduced Matic’s role from starting midfielder to backup option.
He has made the decision to leave, and is set to reunite with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford for the 2017/18 campaign.
A number of players have already left one Premier League club for another this summer transfer window, and there are sure to be more of this kind of deal in the coming weeks.
So, which other players could leave for a rival top flight side? talkSPORT take a look at seven potential Premier League deals, and you can see them by clicking the right arrow, above…
The Chinese company negotiating a £200 million stake in Southampton are still yet to have the funds for their investment transferred out of China and risk losing the chance to buy a controlling stake in the Premier League club.
Lander Holdings have been unable to secure the release of funds from China and the club are growing ever concerned that the deal, to buy an 80 per cent controlling stake, cannot be left in limbo indefinitely. There are no concerns about Lander’s capacity to pay for the stake in the club, owned by Katharina Liebherr, who wants to push through with the sale.
The key obstacle is Lander obtaining permission from authorities in China to transfer the necessary funds overseas in order to make the purchase. The longer the wait goes on, the more the doubt grows that the deal is feasible, despite Lander’s chief executive Gao Jisheng having been approved by Premier League due diligence procedures.
The club are still hopeful that Lander can complete the transaction but in the meantime their approach to the transfer window is unchanged. They still hope to reintegrate Virgil Van Dijk into the first team squad who reconvene on Monday when the Dutchman’s fitness levels will be assessed. If he is physically ready to play, and in the right frame of mind, then he could well play a part in the games against Augsburg on Wednesday and Sevilla a week on Saturday.
The Premier League’s first ever goal scorer is a popular quiz question, so you may be able to guess that one, but how many of the others do you remember?
Les Ferdinand scored the 10,000th goal and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 25,000th, however, that info is of absolutely no use to you for this tough little quiz.
Here, talkSPORT.com wants you to name as many players who scored the first goal of each season since the 1992/93 campaign. You have 10 minutes…
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Nice to end the week with a 3-0 win 
Looking forward to being back at St Mary’s next week… 
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