Arrival of "versatile, technical" Djuricic at Southampton bad news for Shane Long?

Southampton have completed the deadline-day loan signing of Benfica’s Filip Djuricic.

Having added Eljero Elia earlier in the window, manager Ronald Koeman was not planning to bring in any new faces to St Mary’s.

However, mounting injury problems, including Shane Long’s punctured lung, which rules the Irish international out for six weeks, has led Saints to act, with Serbia international Djuricic arriving on loan until the end of the season.

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