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Jay Rodriguez has scored his first goal for Southampton since March 2014 (v Newcastle). The Danish side are statistical recruiters and they found Sparv – signed from Greuther Fürt – despite his obvious presence on Saints’ radars: he was part of their 2005 FA...

According to a report by the Daily Telegraph, United made their interest in Mane known to Southampton last week and followed it up with a shock opening bid.

United made an offer for the Senegalese attacker last week, with Premier League rivals Chelsea stealing a march on the chase for Barcelona winger Pedro.

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman is expecting a “difficult” challenge against FC Midtjylland in Thursday night’s Europa League play-off tie.

The Red Devils had looked odds on the secure the services of Barcelona forward Pedro before the end of the window, however, the Spaniard is instead on the verge of joining Chelsea.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the only goal of the game for the Gunners, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger ending a 13-game run without victory over Blues boss Jose Mourinho in the process.

Manager Louis Van Gaal has signed five new players during the summer, including Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich, Morgan Schneiderlin from Southampton and Memphis Depay from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.

And after coming off the bench to score in the 2-2 draw against Everton, the 26-year old says he’s looking to keep scoring and keep helping his team.

“It isn’t a bad result, but normally if we play at our level it is a game we should win”.

Southampton and Everton both drew their opening weekend fixtures 2-2 in pulsating games but Southampton played quite well away from home against a rejuvenated Newcastle United side while Everton struggled at home against newly promoted Watford.

Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu is set to end his nightmare spell at Stamford Bridge and is edging closer to joining Premier League side Southampton, after a fee was agreed for his services, according to Jack Pitt-Brooke from the Independent.

He has appointed Steve McClaren as the new Manager, and has put his hands in his pockets and forked out for some pretty good players in the form of Wijnaldum, Mitrovic and Mbemba to strengthen the squad.

Southampton may boast a convincing advantage against Vitesse Arnhem, but fiercely-competitive manager Ronald Koeman says it would be “crazy” to jeopardise their Europa League dream by fielding a weakened side.

Chelsea were fortunate not to become the first ever Premier League champions to start their title defence with defeat after Swansea threatened an opening-day upset.