Joe Aribo discovered himself in acquainted unfamiliar territory for Southampton on Wednesday night time. The previous Rangers star crammed in as an emergency striker in the course of the last weeks of his Ibrox profession, offering followers with a second to recollect with the opening objective within the Europa League Last.
He then accomplished a £10million switch to the Premier League and has since been settling into his new dwelling. Aribo emerged from the bench as Saints beat Ligue 1 aspect Monaco in a pleasant, making an immediate influence as he crossed for Stuart Armstrong to web a second for Ralph Hasenhuttl's aspect.
Hasenhuttl launched Aribo as a striker instead of Scotland star Che Adams, suggesting these cameos up high for Rangers may develop into an everyday incidence at Southampton. His 25 minute outing was rated as a 7/10 by our colleagues at Hampshire Dwell. Aribo has joined two former Celtic stars in Armstrong and Mohamed Elyounoussi at St Mary's, however the former was giving nothing away when requested their Glasgow allegiances. Armstrong mentioned: "We do not discuss that!"
The Scotland midfielder did, nevertheless, admit he is been effectively impressed by Aribo since his arrival. He mentioned: "I did not wish to converse to him as quickly as he got here in.
"I believed I would let him lie for per week, after which you'll be able to see in coaching the standard he has and he is very highly effective, sturdy, technical, retains the ball tight, very composed together with his motion and his passing. So yeah an excellent addition, skilled and we're very pleased with him."