da 888casino: Southampton have announced that their first choice goalkeeper Fraser Forster has penned a new five-year-deal with a club just a year on from making the same commitment to the club.
da dobrowin: The England international signed from Celtic in 2014 and has been one of the top shot-stoppers in the Premier League ever since making the move south of the border, despite a shaky season last term.
The former Newcastle man took heavy criticism in Claude Puel’s only season in charge for not performing to the same high standards he had set in his first two years at St. Mary’s.
The deal follows a week after the club confirmed that third choice Stuart Taylor, who is yet to play a game for the Saints, had signed on for another year with a well received poke at this summer’s trend for elaborate announcements.
Since joining Southampton the 29-year-old has kept an impressive 41 clean sheets in 103 appearances, meaning plenty of the supporters were pleased to hear he’ll be sticking around…
However, some Saints fans weren’t so happy about the announcement…
While some just wanted to see an over-the-top unveiling of the news…