{"id":614675,"date":"2022-07-06T03:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T07:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614675"},"modified":"2022-07-13T04:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T08:15:14","slug":"rangers-star-attracting-interest-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/06\/rangers-star-attracting-interest-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Star Attracting Interest From Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Players cutting their teeth in Scotland and then earning a move to the Premier League is pretty commonplace. Celtic and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/02\/southampton-striker-shane-long-leaves\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a> have, in particular, formed a strong link. The likes of Virgil van Dijk and Victor Wanyama have followed this trend. Now though, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1544391831437410306\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as per David Ornstein<\/a>, Rangers star Joe Aribo could make the move to the south coast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCL: Southampton are in talks to sign Joe Aribo from Rangers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RangersFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RangersFC<\/a> won\u2019t accept total package below \u00a310m release clause. Versatile 25yo keen to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaintsFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SaintsFC<\/a> &amp; contract of at least 4ys being prepared. With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanC1107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JordanC1107<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J_Tanswell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@J_Tanswell<\/a> @TheAthleticUK <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r8gg5nvseb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/r8gg5nvseb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1544391831437410306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rangers Star Could Be on His Way to the Premier League\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Rangers Star Would Be a Good Fit at St Mary\u2019s<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t all that long ago that Rangers star Joe Aribo was plying his trade on English shores. The midfielder was previously at Charlton Athletic and played a key role in them earning promotion into the Championship. Since his departure, the club are now back in League One and he has clearly improved massively with Southampton sniffing around.<\/p>\n<p>James Ward-Prowse is the key figure at the heart of Ralph Hasenhuttl\u2019s midfield but beyond, reinforcements may be needed. Spaniard Oriol Romeu is 30 now whilst Stuart Armstrong tends to operate further forward. The latter came from the Scottish Premiership himself and has slowly but steadily grown into an important figure in the Southampton dressing home.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Rangers star Joe Aribo who has played particularly well for both club and country, Nigeria. There is said to be a \u00a310 million release clause hanging over his head at Ibrox and the Scottish side won\u2019t let him go for any less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/05\/morgan-gibbs-white-premier-league-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Wolves Midfielder Drawing Interest From Multiple Premier League Clubs<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After Lavia, Southampton are also set to sign Joe Aribo. Been told deal is almost done for \u00a36m plus add-ons to Rangers. No problem on player side, as was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@David_Ornstein<\/a>. Incoming director Joe Shields, key for the move. \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaintsFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SaintsFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Romeo Lavia joins on \u00a312m fee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I33SWoOvSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/I33SWoOvSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1544562789594923013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Aribo Has Fared in Scotland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As previously mentioned, Aribo runs out for the Super Eagles along with being a Rangers star and the Camberwell-born Londoner has amassed 20 appearances for the national team. In terms of the success of the Scottish team, to which he has contributed, they of course reached the Europa League final last year. It was a European journey against the odds that ended in tears when Eintracht Frankfurt beat them via a penalty shootout at the final hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>On a more positive note, Aribo and the \u2018Gers stopped Celtic\u2019s infamous run of title wins the season before last. Nine was on the verge of becoming ten but Steven Gerrard led his side to disrupt such unheralded success. Whether it be under the Liverpool legend or with the Dutchman Giovanni van Bronckhorst at the helm, Aribo has always had his part to play.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers star joining Southampton would certainly be a good move for the Premier League outfit and Aribo himself. Hasenhuttl has been in place for a while now and so the Nigerian could help them continue in this process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players cutting their teeth in Scotland and then earning a move to the Premier League is pretty commonplace. Celtic and Southampton have, in particular, formed a strong link. The likes of Virgil van Dijk and Victor Wanyama have followed this trend. Now though, as per David Ornstein, Rangers star Joe Aribo could make the move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3891,"featured_media":614682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[8429,3,7188,8427,20],"tags":[3899,9302],"class_list":["post-614675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rangers","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-scottish-premiership","category-southampton","tag-joe-aribo","tag-southampton-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614675","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\/3891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}