Saphir Taider: Southampton swap Dani Osvaldo for Inter Milan star Southampton have confirmed the signing of Inter Milan midfielder Saphir Taider, with club-record signing Dani Osvaldo going the other way.Taider, 22, who played 25 times in Serie A last season, joins on a season-long loan.The Algerian played against Belgium and Germany at the 2014 World Cup.
"It's part of our philosophy to bring in talented young players, and Saphir fits that bill," said Saints boss Ronald Koeman.
Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger has promised there will be more arrivals.
"We had very clear targets in mind. We are working position by position to create depth and competition from within.
We have until the end of August, and there will be more names."
Italian striker Osvaldo, 28, arrived at Southampton in August 2013 for £15m, but was sent out on loan in January after a training-ground fight .The former Roma forward failed to arrive back for pre-season training and was given a leave of absence.
And Krueger believes that with the arrival of Taider the club have a signing to look forward to.
"When you get someone with such potential, a person from the World Cup, somebody already with leadership responsibility with his country,
then this is something for us to be excited about," he said.
Taider becomes the fourth signing of the summer, after the arrival of Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pelle and Ryan Bertrand.However, Krueger says the exit of Rickie Lambert, Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren and Calum Chambers
is not making negotiations for new players more difficult as clubs look to take advantage of their need for replacements.
"Every negotiation is difficult but I do not think that is a factor," he said. "It's whether the player wants to leave or go that decides the price in the end."
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