Southampton are looking to make some more attacking signings in the summer 2024 transfer window, and they have started by looking at talented players they can sign for cheap and resurrect.
One such target is West Ham left winger Maxwel Cornet, who was a very good footballer for Lyon and scored nine Premier League goals in a season for Burnley.
However, Cornet has struggled to make an impact with West Ham due to injury, so Southampton could swoop in and take a gamble on the 27-year-old Ivorian in the hopes he can stay healthy and score some goals for them.
According to a report from Gianluca Di Marzio, Southampton are also interested in Juventus winger Filip Kostic, who has failed to impress since moving to Turin from the Bundesliga.
Unlike Cornet, though, Kostic can’t write off his issues due to injury. Kostic is an ironman and impresses with his athleticism and ability to stay on the pitch, but he just wasn’t at the technical level required at Juventus.
Kostic could not defend well enough to be a fullback and was too poor in one-on-ones and in the accuracy of his crossing to play further up the pitch as a true winger.
However, Kostic is great for teams that aren’t looking to make it to the Champions League. Southampton are like Hamburg, Kostic’s first big stage in the Bundesliga, a notable club looking to avoid relegation and embarrassment.
Kostic was great at running up and down the flank and putting in a high volume of crosses while at both Hamburg and Eintracht Frankfurt, and he was legitimately one of the best wide players in the league while at Frankfurt.
Southampton could sign Kostic for cheap, because Juventus want nothing to do with him now that Thiago Motta is in charge. As long as Kostic realizes Juve want him out, he could be open to joining a Premier League side with plenty of history in Southampton .
