Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has welcomed their deal for Benfica midfielder Filip Djuricic.
Djuricic became Koeman's second signing in January, following on from Eljero Elia's arrival at the beginning of the month.
"I know the player from Holland," Koeman told Southampton's official YouTube channel. "He played several seasons for Heerenveen and then he moved to Benfica.
"He had some good games, there was a lot of interest in the player when he was at Heerenveen. He moved to Portugal and now it's a good chance for the player to develop himself.
"It's a young player, he's 23 years old, he's technical, fast and he can play in different positions in the midfield. He can play on the left side and the right side.
"It's part of the philosophy of the club; young players. He was in a difficult situation, he was on loan at Mainz and we will take him on loan for the rest of the season.
"It's a good possibility for him, and for us it's one more player who can play in different positions. It's always best for the coach to have more possibilities in players who can change positions.
"The last few weeks we have had problems to score goals, like Sunday. We created good opportunities and you have to score, always it's easy to have really good competition."
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