New Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has spoken about his ambitions for the current season after his first signing for the club was announced.
Speaking to the Daily Echo Koeman has revealed how happy he is to get the start of his era under way and of his ambitions for the coming season.
"It was very important to get this signing done — not only for me, but for the rest of the squad and for our fans. It’s fantastic news.
"We’ve lost some good players but we want to continue the ambition and philosophy of the club, so it’s a great signal to have brought in our first player.
"He’s a great player. I know him very well from Holland, where he had a great season last year.
"We now look forward to bringing in more players because we want to continue and maybe even better what Southampton did last season.”
This is the sort of words that Saints fans want to hear from their new manager, like many Dutchmen Koeman has picked his words very carefully and avoided idle boasting about what he is going to achieve at St Mary's, but his ambition is very clear, Saints fans who think that just because Saints have sold a few players and have a couple of more whinging about going, that it means they no longer have any ambition, should look at the words that Koeman has said.
He has just rebuild Feyenoord and lead them to three top three finishes in the Dutch League after a period of decline, Feyenoord fans will say he restored the pride in the club, hopefully Saints fans battered by the realisation that several people both on and off the field were not honourable men, will take heart from his words and hope that in a years time they too will, like the Feyenoord faithful will acclaim the man who restored the pride to Saints