Southampton new boy Charlie Austin has expressed his desire to show that he belongs in the Premier League.

Austin had a debut to remember as he scored a dramatic late winning goal to guide the Saints to a wonderful victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday following his £4million move from QPR.

Austin was certainly left delighted at how his debut went and has now stated that he is looking forward to going on a successful journey with Southampton following the transfer saga he has been involved in over the last few seasons in the wake of his excellent 18-goal debut top flight campaign with the R's last term.

The 26-year-old said: "Everybody has got their opinion and they are entitled to their opinion. I just do what I can do and that's that. I just let people do the talking. I do what I can and I can only control the controllables and coming on the pitch and scoring the winner is something I can control.

"Times change but that's behind me now and I'm all about concentrating on Southampton and playing in the Premier League because this is where I want to be. I always back myself to score, wherever I go. For any striker moving in January is tough and to get that first goal is very important so I'm just delighted to get it so early on.

"I don't know whether I was credited enough for what I did at QPR. Maybe that was just it but now I have come to a club like Southampton they are only going one way and I want to be part of that journey."