Southampton have made a deadline day swoop to sign highly-rated Nottingham Forest midfielder David Prutton for £2.5m (€3.8m).
The Saints had a bid for the England Under-21 midfielder rejected a fortnight ago, but accepted another offer late last night.
Prutton travelled to Southampton last night and had personal talks and a medical this morning before putting pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year deal.