Southampton ready to challenge top Premier League clubs for France captain

Despite the fact that Southampton are spending the current season in the Championships, this is not stopping the Saints from challenging top English clubs to compete for one player.

Thus, the currently fourth club of the English first division, according to the HITC report, is targeting the signing of France Under-18 captain Joachim Kayi Sanda, who shone at the recent Under-17 World Cup, where the Tricolour lost to Germany in the final on penalties.

However, the list of competitors for the Valenciennes defender from France's Ligue 2 is impressive. Only in England are Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle interested in him. A much bigger list of French suitors that consists of PSG, Lance, Monaco and Marseille. He is also attracting the attention of Borussia Dortmund and Bayer.

But, helping to attract Kai-Sandi could be the fact that Southampton and Valenciennes are managed by the same company, Sport Republic.