Southampton agree club-record £21m fee for Lille's Sofiane Boufal 

Southampton have agreed a club-record £21m fee for Lille striker Sofiane Boufal, according to Sky sources.

Boufal, 22, played under Saints boss Claude Puel at Lille.

If the transfer goes through, it will break Southampton's previous record of £15m which they paid Roma for Dani Osvaldo in October 2013.

Boufal, 22, can play wide or as an out-and-out striker. He scored 11 times for Lille last season but suffered a knee injury in May which is likely to keep him out of action until September.

Saints sold Sadio Mane to Liverpool in the summer and striker Graziano Pelle moved to China.

Puel added winger Nathan Redmond and now looks set to add Boufal to his striking options.