French Ligue Club Rejects Southampton's 4.4 Billion Naira Bid For Super Eagles 'Goal-Machine

French Ligue Club Rejects Southampton's 4.4 Billion Naira Bid For Super Eagles 'Goal-Machine'

Ibraheem Lateef Ayodele

BSNSports.com.ng has gathered that Premier League strugglers Southampton have reportedly had a bid rejected by Lorient for Super Eagled striker Terem Moffi, with Everton and West Ham also interested in signing the 23-year-old.

According to Foot Mercato, the Saints have been pushed back by the Ligue 1 side by rejecting a €10m (£8m) offer from Nathan Jones’ club for Moffi, who this season has been one of the breakout strikers in the division with ten goals in 16 league appearances.

Moffi is at the centre of plenty of interest this January, mainly from Premier League clubs, with Foot Mercato previously reporting that the likes of Everton and West Ham are chasing the Lorient star, though Southampton is the first side to come forward with an actual offer.

With Jones already signing one forward this month in Mislav Orsic, adding another in Moffi would be a great start to the transfer window for the new Southampton manager, who this weekend finally picked up his first win at the club in the FA Cup against Crystal Palace.

Indeed, Moffi signing for Southampton would be quite the statement from the south coast side given how highly sought after the striker is this January. And this latest update is a strong indicator that the Saints are ready to go all the way to bring the Nigerian to England.