Saints made it a double signing day as they quickly added Romanian central defender Florin Gardos to the roster after swooping to sign Shane Long earlier in the afternoon.
Steau Bucharest central defender Florin Gardos has joined Saints from Steau Bucharest the last team to knock Saints out of Europe.
Saints will be hoping that the 6ft 4 1/2 inch Romanian international will become as big a hit as Dejan Lovren was last season, although obviously we will all be hoping he has a lot more loyalty.
Gardos can play as a central defender but he is also able to play as a defensive midfielder, the one thing about most of Koeman's signings is they seem to be versatile and able to play in more than one position and this has to bode well.
This means that Ronald Koeman has now made seven signings and has spent approximately £46 million plus £17 million if we take up the options to buy Bertrand and Taider.
This means that there is still £30 million in the kitty from the near £100 million we have raked in from player sales so far this summer, the double signing today put paid to the notions from some supporters that Saints owner Katharina Liebherr was asset stripping and that the club has no ambition.
The squad now has a much more comprehensive look about it and as i have said on another story, the starting XI might not quite be up to the standard of last season(at least not yet) but the squad certainly is and whilst we might drop a point or two due being slightly under par in the starting team, the fact we now have a far bigger squad to cope with injuries etc should mean that we will make them up from having quality replacements.
We can now look forward to the seasons with optimism and it could be that Koeman still has a surprise or two up his sleeve although personally I hope that we perhaps save some of the money for the transfer window.