July 6, 2025
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Real Madrid Complicate Things As Southampton Make Lucas Cepeda Bid –  Independent Newspaper Nigeria

Southampton make bid for ‘excellent’ forward but £39m Real Madrid deal poses major problem

Even during the glory days of Luke Shaw, Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk, the Real Madrid-bound Franco Mastantuono would likely have fallen well outside of Southampton’s then-Premier League powered transfer budget.

The fifteen-time European Champions have agreed a £39 million deal for the River Plate sensation.

Lucas Cepeda, reportedly available for around an eighth of the fee Real Madrid will spend to take Mastantuono to the Santiago Bernabeu, is more Southampton’s speed.

After Southampton made Joshua Quarshie their first signing of the summer, Colo-Colo forward Cepeda may be the next through the door at St Mary’s.

That is presuming Real Madrid, while fighting off competition from Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United for Mastantuono’s fiercely-contested signature, have not just placed an insurmountable obstacle in The Saints’ path.

Real Madrid complicate things as Southampton make Lucas Cepeda bid

According to South American reporter Thiago Alvarez Rico, Southampton stepped up their pursuit of Lucas Cepeda over the last few days. A ‘formal offer’ has now arrived at Colo-Colo from the banks of the Solent.

But while the Chilean outfit have ‘decided to sell’ their prized asset, Colo-Colo are reluctant to budge on their £5 million asking price. Southampton’s initial offer sits just shy of that, landing at £4 million.

“The next few days will be crucial,” Alvarez Rico writes on his official X page.

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