Southampton agree £19.1m deal to sign striker Guido Carrillo from Monaco

• Mauricio Pellegrino getting to spend money from Van Dijk sale
• Saints also keen on winger Quincy Promes at Spartak Moscow

Southampton have agreed a fee of €22m (£19.1m) with Monaco for the Argentinian striker Guido Carrillo and are confident of completing a deal before the end of the transfer window.

The struggling Premier League club have been desperate to add to their forward ranks after a difficult first half to the campaign under Mauricio Pellegrino. The outlay on Carrillo would represent the release of the first tranche of money generated by Virgil van Dijk’s £75m sale to Liverpool, with further reinforcements anticipated. There is strong interest in the Dutch winger Quincy Promes at Spartak Moscow who could cost a club record £30m.

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