What have the top six record signings for Southampton FC accomplished thus far?

Following a dismal 2022–23 season in which they finished bottom of the league, Southampton made their way back to the Championship for the 2023–24 season after 11 years in the Premier League.

The team led by Russell Martin has a chance to return to the English Premier League right away, but they have a crucial few weeks ahead of them as they try to secure automatic promotion.

Southampton fans now have the opportunity to witness their team win more frequently thanks to their promotion to the Championship; earlier in the season, the squad went 22 games without a loss.

The supporters of St. Mary’s, however, will be hoping for a quick return to the Premier League’s wealth.

As a team that invested a lot of time in the

We’ve looked at the careers of Southampton’s top 6 record signings in the Premier League. Southampton was able to splurge the cash and make a number of huge signings in the past.

6 Sophie Boufal – £16 million Boufal
According to Sky Sports, Morocco striker Sofiane Boufal left Lille in the summer of 2016 to sign with Saints for a then-club-record £16 million.

Although Boufal did spend the 2018–19 season on loan at Spanish club Celta Vigo, he was a St. Mary’s student for a total of four years. He made 84 appearances for the team in all, tallying five goals and five assists.

In 2020, he departed the team to play for Angers in France. He later moved to Qatar and joined

Al Rayyan. Boufal continues to play for the Qatari team at the age of thirty.

Jannik Vestergaard: £18 million
Vestergaard
According to The Daily Echo, central defender Jannik Vestergaard paid £18 million to join the Saints from Borussia Mönchengladbach in the summer of 2018.

Between 2018 and 2021, the Danish international made 79 appearances for the team before joining Premier League opponent Leicester City.

Vestergaard is still a member of the Leicester team that is competing with the Saints for promotion after three years at the King Power Stadium.

Paul Onuachu – £18.6 million
Aguachu Onuachu
In the January transfer window of 2023, Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu, for a reported £18.6 million, left Belgian team Genk to join St Mary’s.

He was unable to

Al Rayyan. Boufal continues to play for the Qatari team at the age of thirty.

Jannik Vestergaard: £18 million
Vestergaard, a central defender who made just 12 games without scoring or providing an assist, helped the team stay in the division.

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He featured in just one game this season after the team was demoted last summer, and in September he was loaned to Trabzonspor in Turkey.

3 Guido Carrillo, £19,2 million
Carillo
Guido Carrillo, an Argentine striker, signed a £19.2 million contract to join Saints from Monaco in January 2018, per The Daily Echo.

But Carrillo was a complete failure.

and he only made ten appearances, scoring zero goals and providing two assists.

In 2018, he signed a two-year loan with Leganes and later moved permanently to Elche. Ever since, he has played for two different teams: Estudiantes in Argentina and Henan FC in China.

Danny Ings, worth £20 million
Danny Ings, who was born in nearby Winchester, briefly attended the Saints academy before returning to the team in the summer of 2018 after leaving Liverpool for a £20 million price. He first joined on loan before becoming a permanent member the following summer, according to The Telegraph.

Before abruptly departing in the summer of 2021, Ings flourished at St Mary’s, scoring 46 goals in 100 games for the team.

Following two years

He left Villa Park in the summer of 2023 to join West Ham United, where he is currently playing at the London Stadium.

1 Kamaldeen Sulemana, worth £22 million
Ghanaian winger Kamaldeen Sulemana, according to BBC Sport, paid a club record £22 million to join Southampton during the January 2023 transfer window.

The footballer spent his first half of a season and a half with French team Rennes after starting his senior career at Danish team Nordsjaelland in July 2021.

Sulemana has stayed at St Mary’s this season despite being demoted, and his campaign has been cut short by injuries. In the upcoming weeks, as the team aims for Premier League promotion, he will be trying to prove to the Saints supporters why they spent £22 million on him.