Saints set to sign Xavier and Nyarko

FREE agents Abel Xavier and Alex Nyarko are both due to begin training with Southampton today with a view to joining until the end of the season, according to agent Barry Silkman.

Harry Redknapp and his assistant, Jim Smith, have made it clear they are only interested in signing players with previous Premiership experience - something both players possess.

Xavier played for Everton and Liverpool but was released by German side Hanover earlier this season and is now a free agent, and went on trial to Blackburn last month.