Southampton’s Juan Larios has struggled for prominence since arriving at St Mary’s from Manchester City in September 2022.
The left-back played six matches for the Saints and five were during the 2022/23 season.
In search of regular game time, Southampton allowed him to go out on loan to Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in July 2025.
He played 631 minutes from 13 matches, including 10 league appearances of which only were since September.
The restricted role saw the Championship side cut short his stay at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the winter market.
On February 2nd, Tonda Eckert’s side let him join Real Zaragoza until the end of the season. Later that month, the Saints owned player said the late move was a “bit chaotic.”
Southampton man’s future uncertain
Since moving to Real Zaragoza, Juan Larios has mainly operated as a left-back and has been a regular so far.
His league stats with the current club are as follows:
- Appearances: 11
- Starts: 11
- Total minutes: 941
- Minutes per game: 86
- Yellow cards: 4
Friday’s edition of El Periódico de Aragón, a newspaper local to Segunda División, covers the latest on the 22-year-old’s future.
The report focuses on what could happen to the Spanish club’s squad if they’re relegated from the second division.
Real Zaragoza are 19th in the table [total 22 teams and bottom four drop down], three points behind 18th placed Cádiz CF.
The majority of the report focuses on what could happen to Mawuli Mensah’s future.
Towards the end, the newspaper discusses other players, including the Southampton man.
The Spanish club have an option to make Juan Larios’ loan stay permanent. There’s no mention of a figure but it’s ‘too high’ for Real Zaragoza. Therefore, he has to return to St Mary’s after his loan spell.
That’s the case even if they avoid relegation.
Contract, value and agent info
Juan Larios’ contract at Southampton runs down in 2027, meaning the summer window will be the Saints’ last chance to cash in from his sale. is value, as per Transfermarkt, is €1.5m.
Agency Global Goal, owned by agent Borja Lasso de la Vega Gayán, are representing the Saints fullback.
