Bertrand back in the flow of things

Southampton face Bournemouth at St.Mary’s today and Saints fullback Ryan Bertrand has spoken of his delight at being back to playing games and being at Southampton on a full-time deal.

Today’s game will be Bertrand’s sixth game back in the Saints side having recovered from an injury that had kept him out of action for the first few months of the season. This left young academy product Matt Targett to fill his spot in the Premier League, which he did adequately well.

Bertrand did in fact have a loan spell at Bournemouth earlier in his career whilst he was at Chelsea. He played seven games for the Cherries in 2006. It was one of the six other clubs he was on-loan to from Chelsea prior to his Southampton loan, which turned permanent earlier this year.

In his interview with SAINTS, Ryan Bertrand spoke about his season so far and how his move to Southampton came at the perfect time in his career.

I think we kind of met each other in the same period where we’re both kind of established now, but both wanted to push on and do more and create some special moments.

Obviously, looking back, some people do make the switch from clubs and it doesn’t go too well.

But I think who wouldn’t [move], having the chance to come and firstly play for a club like Southampton.

It’s such a renowned club now, there’s a brilliant infrastructure, and the way it supports its players and the way it does everything for them. Great fans, the loyalty that they show to their players, the way they cheer us on week in week out.

To top it off to come and play with one of the legends of Barcelona – to come and learn from Ronald [Koeman] and a chance to really express myself and encourage the positive side of my game. It’s almost like a perfect match.