Fraser Forster: Southampton sign Celtic goalkeeper for £10m

Southampton have marked Celtic's England global goalkeeper Fraser Forster on a four-year contract for a charge in the area of £10m.

The 26-year-old put in four years at Celtic Park, winning three class titles and two Scottish Cups.

He was a piece of the England squad for this current summer's World Cup in Brazil, in spite of the fact that he didn't emphasize.

Holy persons manager Ronald Koeman said he was "enchanted" to sign Forster, whom he portrayed as "extremely capable".

Forster's entry builds the opposition for long-standing first-decision goalkeeper Artur Boruc, who likewise played for Celtic and is out of agreement next summer.

Talking on the club's site,  Koeman included: "Fraser is the ideal fit to help supplement the players we as of now have, and he will add a considerable measure of value to the squad."

Celtic, who were given a Champions League relief on Friday, turned down one offer from Saints before consenting to offer.

Player     to     fee

Luke Shaw

Manchester United

£27m

Adam Lallana

Liverpool

£25m

Dejan Lovren

Liverpool

£20m

Calum Chambers

Weapons store

£16m

Rickie Lambert

Liverpool

£4m

Absolute

£92m

They must pay 25% of the exchange charge to Newcastle, whom they marked Forster from for £2m in July 2012 after two seasons on credit.

Forster takes after guard Ryan Bertrand, midfielders Dusan Tadic and Saphir Taider, and striker Graziano Pelle in joining Southampton this mid year.

Be that as it may striker Rickie Lambert , midfielder Adam Lallana and protector Dejan Lovren have moved to Liverpool, left-back Luke Shaw has joined Manchester United, Arsenal marked right-back Calum Chambers and forward Dani Osvaldo has joined Inter Milan on advance.

Likewise, Koeman, who succeeded Mauricio Pochettino in June, told BBC Sport on Friday that midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin was "not rationally or physically prepared" to play.

The 24-year-old has been joined with To

ttenham, however Saints administrator Ralph Krueger said he is not available to be purchased.

The last round of Forster's four-year spell at Celtic was Tuesday's third qualifying round second leg against Legia Warsaw.

Albeit Celtic lost 6-1 on total, they were restored to the opposition after Legia were rebuffed for fielding an ineligibl