Dutch winger, Eljero Elia had played under Steve Maclaren while at Twente, but it was a Dutch manager who introduced him to the Premier League when Ronald Koeman brought him to St Mary’s during the January transfer window of 2015. The club website announced at the time that his loan signing was “with a view to a permanent transfer next summer” and the initial signs were good as in only his second game for Saints he scored two goals at St James Park as Newcastle were beaten 2-1. Those were to be the Dutch internationals only goals for the club in 10 starts and seven appearances from the bench, but he told the Echo once the season had ended that he was keen to stay. The Werder Bremen sporting director was quoted as saying Southampton were interested in a permanent deal but were not prepared to meet his release clause of 5.5m euros. In the end there was a stalemate and he signed for Feyenoord but then maintained his record of never staying more than two years at a club by moving to Turkey.