Southampton complete the signing of Joe Aribo from Rangers in £10m deal

Southampton have completed the signing of Joe Aribo from Rangers in a deal that could rise to £10m.

The midfielder has joined on a four-year deal and become the fifth signing of a busy summer for the south coast club.

Sportsmail reported on Tuesday that Southampton were hoping to beat off competition from some of their Premier League rivals to land the versatile 25 year-old and talks accelerated quickly between the two clubs.

Southampton will pay an initial £6m for Aribo with further add-ons included in the deal.

He follows goalkeepers Gavin Bazunu and Mateusz Lis, defender Armel Bella-Kotchap and fellow midfielder Romeo Lavia to St Mary’s in this window.

Southampton have added a versatile player to their squad in Aribo who played in central midfield, attacking midfield, down the right and ended the season up front due to injuries elsewhere in Giovanni Van Bronckhorst’s Rangers squad.

And also a talented and robust one. Aribo moves to Southampton following an impressive season in which he was one of Rangers’ most used players, making 57 appearances, scoring nine times – including in the Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt – and set up 10 more.