Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has welcomed the signing of Eljero Elia.

Werder Bremen winger Elia joins Saints on loan until the end of the season.

Elia struggled to fulfil his early promise during subsequent moves to Hamburg and Juventus but has enjoyed more stability at Bremen, where he made 33 league appearances last season.

Koeman said: "He was a Dutch international, he had not such a good period in Germany but I believe in the qualities of the player.

"He is a wing player and we normally play with both a right winger and a left winger.

"We also like in our style of playing fast people who can play one against one with quality."