{"id":595318,"date":"2021-07-02T12:22:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=595318"},"modified":"2021-07-02T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:22:15","slug":"southampton-romain-perraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/02\/southampton-romain-perraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton Sign Romain Perraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/06\/28\/alex-mccarthy-new-southampton-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a> have announced the signing of Romain Perraud from Stade Brest.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old French left-back has signed a four-year deal with the Saints.<\/p>\n<h2>Southampton Confirm Signing of Romain Perraud<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaintsFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SaintsFC<\/a> is delighted to announce the signing of left-back <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Romain_Perraud?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Romain_Perraud<\/a> on a four-year contract from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SB29?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SB29<\/a>! \ud83d\ude07<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthamptonFC\/status\/1410962715242381315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Long-Term Target<\/h3>\n<p>Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl has spoken well of his new signing, revealing Perraud was a long-term target for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Hasenhuttl told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southamptonfc.com\/news\/2021-07-02\/announcement-romain-perraud-southampton-football-club-2-july-2021\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southampton&#8217;s club website<\/a>: &#8220;This is an important first signing for us. Clearly, left-back is an area in which we were looking to strengthen and we have tracked Romain for a long time because he fits out profile for this position very well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a high-energy, robust guy with good aggression who will bring lots of energy to our play. He has good quality with his delivery from wide and is very competitive with his defending.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hasenhuttl is keen to take advantage of the timing of the signing, with plenty of time to bed Perraud into the squad over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Completing the transfer before the start of pre-season allows him to start training with us immediately, learning our way of playing and tactical behaviours. I think Romain will fit in well with us and we can help him develop his game further and maximise his potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Career so Far<\/h3>\n<p>Perraud began his professional career with Nice in France before a loan with Paris FC added to his experience. Perraud eventually joined Stade Brest, whom he has now left for Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>The left-back scored three goals and assisted eight in 61 games for Stade Brest and has featured internationally for France at various youth levels from U17 to U20.<\/p>\n<p>With his help, Stade Brest survived the relegation spots in the 2020\/21 Ligue 1 season by just one point.<\/p>\n<h3>Perfect Club for Romain Perraud<\/h3>\n<p>Romain Parraud is looking forward to his spell in England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very happy to be a Saint and I can&#8217;t wait to start this adventure,&#8221; Perraud added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southamptonfc.com\/news\/2021-07-02\/announcement-romain-perraud-southampton-football-club-2-july-2021\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s the best club for me. The manager explained to me the project of the club and for me, that&#8217;s very important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He spoke with me about tactics, of the way to play, and there are similarities in his play to mine. The feeling was very good, so now I&#8217;m here and I&#8217;m very happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Southampton Looking for Consistency in 2021\/22<\/h3>\n<p>The Saints will be looking to maintain consistency throughout the next campaign. Having started the 2020\/21 season well, they suffered towards the end of the season, finishing 15th.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve kept the faith in Hasenhuttl despite a sliding end to the season and his additions this summer will need to play a crucial part in their improvement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"c6ZpCvHuQ_ZaJFuY98vnEA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1326637287\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'c6ZpCvHuQ_ZaJFuY98vnEA',sig:'rvsDqIKx0mvEpk20reTevWFAfkwzDMdSLuhHPuzUc8I=',w:'594px',h:'372px',items:'1326637287',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton have announced the signing of Romain Perraud from Stade Brest. The 23-year-old French left-back has signed a four-year deal with the Saints. Southampton Confirm Signing of Romain Perraud #SaintsFC is delighted to announce the signing of left-back @Romain_Perraud on a four-year contract from @SB29! \ud83d\ude07 Read the full story \ud83d\udc47 \u2014 Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":595322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,3,20],"tags":[4401,8718,6802],"class_list":["post-595318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-premier-league","category-southampton","tag-brest","tag-romain-perraud","tag-southampton-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}