Southampton transfer news: Saints 'looking at' deal for Anjorin after deadline day move

TalkSPORT journalist Alex Crook claims that Southampton could swoop to sign Tino Anjorin from Chelsea in the summer transfer window.

The Saints raided Chelsea in the transfer window prior to the 2021/22 season, signing Tino Livramento on a permanent basis and also signing Armando Broja on loan.

He has become a part of the club’s loan army, with a number of young players allowed to leave on short-term deals in a bid to play first-team football.

The 20-year-old is an England Under-20 international and joined Lokomotiv Moscow in September, with the Russian club holding an option to buy him at the end of the campaign.

Injuries cost him the ability to keep playing for the Russian club and the two sides eventually decided to terminate the loan, meaning Anjorin returned to Chelsea for treatment.

In total, the versatile star, who can play as a central midfielder as well as a left winger and a centre forward, played nine times for Lokomotiv, scoring in a 1-1 draw with Marseille in the Europa League.

He has now been loaned to Huddersfield Town for the remainder of the season as the Terriers looked to bolster their promotion bid; they are currently outside of the play-offs only on goal difference.

Crook, though, claims that Southampton are keeping a close eye on Anjorin’s development and could swoop to sign him in the summer, having seemingly struck up a relationship with Chelsea in recent transfer windows.

He told GiveMeSport: “There’s another youngster, Anjorin, that Southampton are also looking at for the summer.”

It doesn’t look like it.

The club have a multitude of genuinely excellent midfielders, with the likes of Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech, Mason Mount, Ross Barkley, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Saul Niguez all competing to play in