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Southampton boss Koeman confident of big things from Pelle, Tadic

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is delighted with his ex-Eredivisie stars.

Koeman has backed summer signings Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pelle to be hits in the Premier League - once they get used to the pace of English football.

Serbian international Tadic marked his debut following a £10m switch from FC Twente with an assist in last weekend's 2-1 defeat at Liverpool.

Koeman, who paid old club Feyenoord £8m for striker Pelle, said: "Tadic played well against Liverpool.

"He had a great assist for the first goal. He is a quality player and he and Pelle have to realise it is not the Dutch league; it is high tempo for the whole match.

"Sometimes they have a problem with that but the qualities are there."

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