Why is that clear? Signing players like Jander and Scienza shows the current recruitment team is capable of spotting good players (even if they have mistakes like Downs).
"Juan Larios will leave Southampton this summer.
The possibility that the promising 22-year-old left-back leaves without a transfer fee is accelerating some of the operations of the teams interested in signing him.
His future could be resolved in the coming days."
Not if the rumour is made up! The rumour is for less than Saints paid for him. What is the incentive for Saints to agree to that? Hard to take such a rumour seriously and that journalist has a track record of bullshit!
We play a system with only one striker. Only one of our strikers can be the regular starter and that'll be Larin. What we need are backups to Larin who pose a threat. Downs and Archer so far don't look like they will be, so we need someone else.