Barcelona are set to step up their interest in Southampton's Cedric Soares.

Reports suggest that the Catalan giants are serious about the Portuguese full-back who has impressed under Claude Puel this season.

It is understood that a £25million bid for the Euro2016 winner would lure the 25-year-old from St Mary's to the Nou Camp.

Soares joined the Saints from Sporting Lisbon for £4.7m in 2015 and could now leave the south coast for more than five times what he cost.

Soares' Saints teammate Oriol Romeu is also on the radar of Barça who see him as competition for Sergio Busquets.