Southampton to announce the signing of Aribo in the coming hours

Premier League facet Southampton are on the verge of saying the signing of Tremendous Eagles star Joe Aribo.

The Glasgow Rangers midfielder has ended hypothesis about his future by agreeing a four-year take care of the Saints.

It’s understood that Southampton will formally announce the seize of Aribo inside the subsequent twenty 4 hours as all the mandatory paperwork has been accomplished.

Scottish Cup winners Rangers have agreed to shred their contract with the Nigeria worldwide one yr earlier than its expiration after accepting a ten million kilos (roughly N4.98 billion in Nigerian foreign money) bid from Southampton.

The Gentle Blues have made a killing from the sale of Aribo contemplating that the midfielder was acquired from Charlton Athletic for 300,000 kilos three years in the past.

Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Fulham have been linked with doable strikes for the 25-year-old however incoming Southampton head of first workforce recruitment Joe Shields performed a key function within the St Mary’s outfit profitable the race for his companies.

Shields has very shut hyperlinks with Aribo and satisfied him to assist his undertaking at Southampton.