As featured on NewsNow: Football news

Southampton boss Koeman: Clyne best right-back in country

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman rates Nathaniel Clyne the best right-back in the land.

Clyne, back in Saints colours after winning his first two caps for the Three Lions, slammed home an equaliser with nine minutes remaining to ensure Koeman's men left Aston Villa with another valuable point.

Koeman said: "He has that freedom from the coach and it was an important goal because the forwards had a difficult evening, there was not a lot of space and I think we missed a bit of quality in the last pass or cross in the box and we needed a defender to score.

"One, is more confident (after playing for England) and two maybe it's more quality because you play international games and you know now what that means for a player.

"He's in my opinion the best right full back in the Premier League."

 For the big stories and the banter follow us on Twitter: @tribalfootball

Video of the day:

About the author

Tribal Football Staff

×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

  1. Go Ad-Free
  2. Faster site experience
  3. Support great writing
  4. Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free
×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free