Saints official website is reporting that Steven Caulker has been signed from Queens Park Rangers.
Steven Caulker is now a Saints player at least for the 2015/16 season after being signed on a season long loan with the option to make the deal permanent for a reported figure of £8 million.
This means that Ronald Koeman can rest easy with a Premier League proven central defensive option in the bag.
But that may not mean that our spending is finished in this department, Virgil Van Dijk is still on the radar but could be cup tied in the Europa League until the group stages if Saints should reach them , add to that the fact that Jose Fonte will be 32 in December and Koeman could be looking at Caulker and Van Dijk as options in the longer term.
Although Caulker has suffered the ignominy of being relegated from the Premier League for each of the past two seasons he is a player of some experience and quality, despite still being 23 (he will be 24 in December) he has already played 188 League games plus 2 as sub for a variety of clubs with the bulk of those being played in the Premier League.
He was an ever present for Cardiff two seasons ago and last season he started 34 games plus 1 as sub for QPR.
He has won 1 England cap back in 2012 scoring on his debut whilst still at Spurs and played in the same Great Britain team as Jack Cork in the 2012 London Olympics.