With Jack Stephens & Jan Bednarek likely to be going through the out door whether on loan or a permanent deal by the end of the transfer window on Thursday, Saints are now talking to Stade Rennais FC in Ligue 1 in France about a central defender.

According to French daily Le Parisien, southampton have been in contact with Stade Rennais to explore the possibility of signing 22-year-old defender Loic Bade.

Sources claim that the 22 year old centre back has been scouted and approved by the club’s recruitment team and now the wheels have been put in motion to see if Stade Rennais can be persuaded to part with him.

They signed him only last year from Lens for a fee of £10 million, he was not a regular starter last season for the French side, he started just 11 games plus another 3 from the bench and the rest of the time he was either an unused sub or at the tail end of the season injured. This season he has started just 1 game with the other 4 on the bench.

Two years ago he was a regular starter for Lens and has played approaching 50 Ligue 1 games in his career total.

But Saints have seen enough of him to feel that he can play in the Premier League and now are said to have put in an offer to take him on a year's loan with an option to buy.

It seems that there is going to be a lot going on at Southampton Football Club in the next 24 hours or so, with the possibility of around 4-5 players leaving and perhaps 2 or 3 arriving.

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felly1 added 15:44 - Aug 31 I want to hear of a Striker coming in please!
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Saidou added 15:55 - Aug 31 Seem like another Valery to me
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underweststand added 16:03 - Aug 31 Clearly Saints now have a few " French Connections" and it wouldn't surprise me to see another join the squad. As usual few people have heard his name and even fewer have seen him play, but we hope that he's worth the effort when we need him.
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Ifonly added 19:26 - Aug 31 At first sight I dont understand this one. They will want more than £10m if that's what they paid. That sounds a lot for someone who can't make the 1st team in Ligue 1. But our recruitment team have proven they know what they're doing so let's see.
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SaintPaulVW added 23:55 - Aug 31 Going to need to fix revolving doors to Staplewood tomorrow.
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Peterx added 09:45 - Sep 1 Sounds like they would want more than what they paid for someone who is in the bench. Does not sound like smart Saints business to me to spend over £10m for someone not a starting option .... makes me think of Carillo
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