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SAINTS & LARIN A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

BIG IMPACT: Cyle Larin

CYLE Larin might just turn out to be the best three million quid that Southampton have ever spent.
Nine months ago, the Canadian’s arrival on loan from Mallorca was met with a collective shrug of indifference St Mary’s.
Ross Stewart was injured again. Adam Armstrong on his way to Wolves. Now the Saints were pinning their hopes on a 30-year-old striker who hadn’t clocked a double-figure goal return in five years. Really?
Yet Larin’s arrival proved transformative. Quite aside from the eight goals in 16 league games that propelled Sa...

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