Saints have completed the deadline day signing of Filip Djuricic.

The 23-year-old Serbian playmaker has joined the club on a season long loan from Benfica with an option to make the deal permanent in the summer.

Southampton also pushed through a late deal for left-back Ryan Bertrand, who has been on loan from Chelsea since the summer.

The 25-year-old put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year deal in an undisclosed transfer - believed to be in the region of £10 million.

Djuricic, who had been on loan at German side Mainz in the first half of the season, but his stay there was terminated yesterday, clearing the way for a switch to England.

Djuricic can play out wide as well as in the number ten role, and adds further attacking options to the Saints squad, as well as helping to cover the absence of Shane Long who is currently sidelined with broken ribs.

He started his career in Serbia, before a switch to Dutch side Heerenveen in 2010.

After an impressive spell that saw him score 20 goals in 99 games and become an experienced international player, Benfica paid €6m to take him to Portugal in 2013.

He made 21 appearances for them last season, scoring twice, but was always something of a fringe player.

He was loaned to Mainz in the summer for the duration of the current campaign, but after an unhappy spell in which he played 12 times and failed to score, it was agreed his stay could be cut short so he could join Saints.