Southampton are set to complete the signing of Celtic midfielder Stuart Armstrong.
After staving off relegation from the Premier League by the skin of their teeth, Mark Hughes' men are on the brink of completing their first deal of the summer.
Scotland international Armstrong is moving to St Mary's on what is understood to be a four-year contract, with the deal worth in the region of £7million.
Armstrong, 26, is understood to have completed his medical on the south coast on Monday and will become Hughes' first signing since he replaced Mauricio Pellegrino in March.
After progressing through Dundee United's youth system, Armstrong, who has made six senior appearances for Scotland, joined Celtic in 2015 and has helped the club win back-to-back domestic trebles.
He ended speculation over his future last summer when he signed a new two-year deal and scored 28 goals in a total of 145 appearances for the Glasgow club.
Southampton narrowly avoided the drop last season - they finished one place above the bottom three - after winning 1-0 at relegation rivals Swansea in their penultimate match.
ShanksssLfC
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Mental to think we sold Van Dijk and Wanyama for just £10m each. £7m for a 26 year old midfielder who didn’t start for us is great business
who are celtic looking to sign this window ?
shah2468
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Potentially, he would not stay at Southampton, he won't be there for long. Possibly Liverpool or a higher team, Van Dijk went to Southampton and is now the most expensive CB ever , Wanyama went to Southampton from Everton, is now at Spurs who are a top 4 club in England.
leavessS
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Certainly looks like he can score a banger from outside the box. Hopefully he can add some goals from midfield
criticism
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I'm super excited. Think he'll work well with our other midfielders
Carybary
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nice of us to finally sign a player from Celtic
Merlelin
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Thought he looked better last season than this for Celtic but think his mind has been set on a move for a long time. Loves a banger does Stuart.
oldesthle
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Very mixed feelings about this. Disappointed and kinda raging he’s gone but also want him to do well. I dunno what to think. Brown and Ntcham are easily the starting CM pairing so it’s probably not fair to be disgruntled if he wasn’t a starter anymore.
rigorous
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great signing, really good on his day
klcom
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Really interesting signing, Tádic on his way out I think, now it's time to sign a winger
Leewers
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Something about a pot being made out of tin.
leavessS
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I didn't realise this was happening, any rumours? I'm very very interested in how this works out. He's a tidy player who I always though could do a job but would've thought it would be a recently promoted side. Good luck to the guy and hope he gets playing time as he's been good for the national team when he's played.
Charlescolin
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I'm fairly happy with this signing considering the rumoured price but I hope there are further bigger signings to come.
runaway
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Mental to think we sold Van Dijk and Wanyama for just £10m each. £7m for a 26 year old midfielder who didn’t start for us is great business
footb122
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I hope he succeeds, not bad punting one of our back up players for that price though
Lidroid
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Good luck the fella on his career in the premiership.
Uniqu
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Will be missed at Paradise,all the best for the future.
zoekid
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Great signing! Looks promising, hopefully he will strike a partnership with Lemina.
Barcelona-Arsenal
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welcome to Liverpool.... oh wait, not yet
lesblst
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What happened to the 20 million their fans were saying he was worth😂😂😂😂😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Lazbimsty
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Good
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ab2202
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Good