Kenya international Victor Wanyama has completed his on/off move from Celtic to the Saints. The midfielder has arrived at St. Mary's for a total fee of around £12.5 million, and follows up Southampton's signing of Croatian defender Dejan Lovren earlier in the summer.
Wanyama has signed a four year contract at the club and is likely to end the Saints' shopping for the summer.
The player said of his move: "It feels great and I am happy to be here."
"Finally it has happened and we've come to the end [of negotiations], so I am delighted. There were other options, but Southampton is a club with ambitions so I chose to came here.
"Southampton is a good club and it has good players, so I just want to train hard and work hard to be a part of the starting XI. We'll see where that will take me.
"I'm very grateful to be here and I'm looking forward to playing in the Premier League.
"I've seen that the stadium is great and the dressing room is looking good, and I know some of the players. I hope they will help me and I think I will get along with the others, so it will be good.
"I am happy to be a part of Southampton's squad. It means a lot because because it has been my dream to play in the Premier League and now I am here."
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