SOUTHAMPTON are considering a summer move for Denmark international winger Pione Sisto.
The 23-year-old has shone for Spaniards Celta Vigo this season to help the modest La Liga club to mid-table safety.
And St Mary’s boss Mark Hughes is understood to want Uganda-born Sisto if Saints preserve their Premier League status.
Vigo have inserted a £36million release clause in his contract, which runs until 2021, but would accept around half that amount for him.
Sisto helped the Danes reach this summer’s World Cup finals, and has been tipped to impress in Russia.
He has won 12 caps, and scored once in a 1-0 March win over England’s upcoming Group G opponents Panama.
Born to South Sudanese parents in Uganda’s capital Kampala, he moved to Denmark as a baby.
He joined Midtjylland aged 15, and spent six years with the Superliga club before Vigo paid £4m for him in 2016.
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Hughes’ men are still 18th, but just a point off safety and with a better goal difference than rivals Swansea, Huddersfield and West Ham.
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Saints previously enquired about Sisto during his time with Midtjylland. Reports in both Denmark and Spain now claim the south coast club have renewed their interest.
Their current squad includes his fellow Danish international, midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
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