The news Saints fans have been waiting for, Sadio Mane is finally about to arrive in Southampton to begin his career at St Mary's

Ronald Koeman speaking in his press conference before Saturday's game against Swansea City has confirmed that Sadio Mane has now received his work permit and will be arriving in Southampton on Friday.

However the Saints manager was cagey about whether Mane would feature in Wales at the weekend saying only that he would be assessed when he arrived and will definitely be involved at Arsenal in the Capital One Cup next week.

The big question will be whether Koeman was trying to keep Swansea guessing ahead of our visit to the Liberty Stadium or whether the travelling will take its toll on the player.

Having said that, Mane has had over a week to recover from International Duty so could perhaps be fitter and more refreshed than most of our squad away with their Countries would have been when returning to Southampton last week, so Koeman might just be playing the situation down a little and Mane could well play some part in the game

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nomorerumours added 15:39 - Sep 18 Right - that makes it more straight forward. We start with the same team and probably sub Shane for Sadio shortly after half time. Victor and Florin also on the bench.
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