Southampton have signed midfielder Joe Aribo from Rangers for a price of £6million which might rise to £10m after add-ons.
Aribo’s departure from Ibrox was long-expected, with a number of Premier League sides, together with Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, linked to the 25-year-old.
However in the end the Saints received the race for the Nigerian worldwide, who has moved to St. Mary’s on a four-year contract.
Aribo first emerged at Charlton Athletic, earlier than shifting north of the border in 2019 the place he scored 26 objectives and made 25 assists, serving to Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title in 2021 and the Scottish Cup final season.
He additionally was a key participant within the Gers run to the 2022 Europa League Last, the place he scored the opening purpose of the sport, just for Eintracht Frankfurt to equalise and subsequently win on penalties.
Upon his announcement at Southampton, Aribo stated: ‘It’s a tremendous membership with a variety of historical past right here.
‘The Premier League is the most effective league on this planet. I’ve been watching it since I used to be a younger boy. It’s all the time been a purpose for me to play right here and present what I can do on this stage.
‘It’s a tremendous feeling, a dream come true. That is the place I’ve needed to be since I used to be a toddler rising up taking part in, so to say that I’m right here now could be actually thrilling.’
Aribo has grow to be the South Coast aspect’s fifth signing of the summer time following Mateusz Lis, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Romeo Lavia and Gavin Bazunu, because the membership look to bounce again from a disappointing marketing campaign the place they completed fifteenth within the Premier League.
‘We imagine Joe can deliver vitality and creativity to our aspect,’ Southampton supervisor Ralph Hasenhuttl added.
‘Feeling snug in so many alternative positions could be very useful for a supervisor and exhibits he has a excessive degree of soccer intelligence, with the flexibility to tackle new info shortly.
‘He has performed a variety of video games already in his profession, at a really excessive degree, and his performances within the Europa League show he has the standard to play within the Premier League. This can be a huge ambition for him, and he’s hungry to indicate all people he can do it.’
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