Southampton sign winger Fellows in £10m deal

Tom Fellows has three England Under-21 caps

Southampton have signed winger Tom Fellows from West Bromwich Albion on a four-year contract in a deal that could rise to £10m.

Fellows, 22, leaves the Baggies - where he came through the academy - for an initial £8m plus £2m in add-ons.

The England Under-21 international made 96 appearances for West Brom in all competitions, scoring nine goals.

"Tom is a really exciting player, very direct with lots of pace who brings a fresh dynamism to our attacking line-up," said Southampton's group technical director Johannes Spors on the club website.

He added: "He is still very young, with his best years ahead of him to develop his game, but he already has valuable experience in the Championship and had an excellent year at West Brom last season. We are confident in his ability to help us immediately."

Fellows, who had the joint-highest number of assists in the Championship last season with 14, is Southampton's seventh signing of the transfer window.

"It's obviously a massive club and the ambition was clear to me: they want to get in the Premier League, and that's a clear goal," Fellows said.

"I'm looking forward to a new challenge for me at a new club, so I've got to test myself again and I'm looking forward to it."

Fellows is the Championship club's third signing of the day following the arrivals of midfielder Finn Azaz from Middlesbrough and German Under-21 international Caspar Jander from Nuremburg.

The Saints also sold midfielder Mateus Fernandes to West Ham in a deal worth more than £40m.