Dyer signs new deal

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Nathan Dyer has settled his uncertain future by signing a new contract with Saints. The winger has put pen to paper on a three-year deal keeping him at St Mary's until 2011.
The England Under 19 international had been training apart from the first-team squad while his contract situation was resolved.
But now he is back in the fold and setting his sights on regaining his first-team place in Jan Poortvliet's exciting set-up.
Dyer said: "I am delighted to have got it all resolved and to have signed. I never wanted to leave the club, It was just a question of getting it all settled.
"Now I have to try and win back my place because Bradley Wright-Phillips has been playing well on the right and scoring goals and Lee Holmes looks a very good player.
"It will not be easy to force my way back in but I will be working hard in training and in games to try and force my way back in."
Dyer revealed the club's new coaching set-up was the key factor in his decision to sign a new contract.
The England Under 19 international had been stalling on a new deal while he waited to assess the recent changes at the club.
But the pacy winger is delighted with what he has seen from Jan Poortvliet and his coaching team and he is hugely excited about the new campaign.
Meanwhile, as one first team player rejoins the training fold, another is banished. Jhon Viafara has been excluded from training until he gets himself in the right frame of mind following his poor showing in the friendly at Weymouth.