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Ronald Koeman is making his first Dutch signing for Southampton.

Flying winger Eljero Elia is set to join the Saints from Werder Bremen when the January transfer market opens.

Elia, 27, will cost around £4million. He has often been Arjen Robben’s international understudy.

After making his name at unfashionable Den Haag and Twente, Elia landed a move to Hamburg and later joined Juventus in a £7m move.

But he struggled in Italy and moved to Werder Bremen in 2012.

(Image: Alex Livesey)

During his days at Hamburg he set a record by despatching the most powerful goal of the season at 83 mph.

Elia had turned down previous opportunities to move to the Premier League. Liverpool and Everton were both interested in signing him before he joined Juventus in August 2011.

Elia got in trouble with German police last year for racing on German motorways at three o’clock in the morning with team mate Marko Arnautovic, who is now at Stoke.