Southampton sign Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon

Southampton person signed midfielder Mateus Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon for a interest successful nan region of £15m.

The Portugal Under-21 world joins nan Saints connected a five-year deal.

Fernandes played 5 times for Sporting's first squad and spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Estoril, making 28 Primeira Liga appearances.

"I'm very happy to beryllium present - it's a dream travel existent to travel to England and play successful nan Premier League," nan 20-year-old said.

"It's nan champion convention successful nan world, successful my opinion. It has nan champion coaches, nan champion players, nan champion teams. It's bully for me, for my maturation and I'm happy."

Southampton head Russell Martin said Fernandes had "key attributes" to thief nan nine "here and now successful nan Premier League".

"Mateus is simply a subordinate we person been monitoring for a while and personification we are really excited about," Martin added.

Southampton are adjacent successful Premier League action connected Saturday erstwhile they big Nottingham Forest astatine 15:00 BST.