The Cottagers will not be soft touches any more after signing hard-man Fernando Amorebieta from Athletic Bilbao.

The Venezuela international has agreed a four-year deal and he was sent off eleven times in eight seasons at Bilbao.

Dutch man Martin Jol has also signed another freebie in Ghana’s Derek Boateng on a one-year deal.

The midfielder almost joined in January but his move was scuppered by a dispute with his Ukrainian club 

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Boateng said: “I can’t wait to start.”

Source: The Sun Football