Spanish side Malaga are thought to be trying to put some money together in order to fund a move for Southampton attacker Juanmi.
The 22-year-old Spaniard was signed by Koeman from Malaga in the summer but has played under 40 minutes of Premier League football this season due to the exceptional form of Graziano Pelle, Sadio Mane and Dusan Tadic.
This has meant game time has been very limited for Juanmi and has had to make do with cup and friendly games to try to prove his worth to Koeman and get himself in the side; he hasn’t yet.
He is thought to be one for the future at Southampton and just needs more time to adapt to the English game. This means that a loan move to Malaga would probably not be the wisest decision he could make.
A loan move to a lower tier Premier League side or top Championship side would be much for beneficial to his development and is an avenue that the Saints should look to go down with Juanmi.
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