Southampton must thank Ivan Juric for sweetening their £18m situation | OneFootball

Ivan Juric's role in improving Paul Onuachu's form has been remarkable. Earlier deemed as an £18m failed signing, Southampton are gradually moving closer to retrieving a significant portion of that amount.

Ever since the Wolves defeat was confirmed, Ivan Juric's Southampton future has been surrounded by uncertainties. Though Johannes Spors is siding with the Croatian at the moment, it's pretty obvious that this kind of backing will last for hardly two months.

Still, that doesn't mean he didn't do anything worthy to note for the Saints. The Ipswich Town meeting is an excellent example of Ivan Juric's hard work and a few more wins will speak volumes of his greatness when the club will fondly remember their lowest points milestone escape.

Regardless, his most underrated helping hand to Southampton has been Paul Onuachu's resurgence.

Paul Onuachu on track to conclude Southampton stay with massive transfer

Until last year, the latter was another name among the squad's attacking flop list. However, Onuachu has now become the club's biggest hope while searching for late goals.

As an added benefit, the 30-year-old's appreciable Premier League rhythm has again lured his admirers into monitoring him. Expectedly, Trabzonspor are also keeping tabs on him according to a report from Gune Bakis.

Further, Onuachu's Trabzonspor career is no stranger to the Saints who witnessed him scoring goals for fun there. Those performances came after he had seen his initial struggles at Southampton thus, one can easily imagine him surpassing those figures this time.

Hence, Trabzonspor will not want to pass down this opportunity when the transfer window commences. Talking about Southampton, their Turkish counterpart's above willingness can play in their favour.

The club has revealed their rigid stance on the towering forward's future and a much-awaited transfer appears as a win-win scenario for the player as well as the two teams.

Though Southampton will make a transfer loss, the management must thank Juric for helping them maximize Onuachu's on-field and off-field valuations.