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Sekou Mara is hoping to make an instant impact at Southampton after completing his move from Bordeaux.
The France Under-21 international has signed a four-year deal at St Mary’s and is rumoured to have cost £11million (€12.9m) when including add-ons.
Mara made 34 appearances for Bordeaux in Ligue 1 – just 10 of those being starts – and scored five of his seven goals in his final seven outings for the French side.
He is Southampton’s sixth signing of the window and the Paris Saint-Germain youth product, who turns 20 on Sunday, believes the club will provide the perfect place for him to further his career.
“I’m really happy to sign for Southampton and to be a Saint for the next years,” he told the club’s official website. “Southampton have given me a good opportunity to progress.
“I’m a young player and I have to work. I think Southampton is the best club for me to develop myself and progress to be one of the best. I’m impatient to begin and score goals.”
Mara, who had previously been linked with a return to PSG, could make his Southampton debut in Wednesday’s friendly with Monaco.
