Joe Aribo's search for the Rangers form that won him a move to the Premier League has taken another turbulent bump this week after a difficult week at Southampton.
It was only last May that the Nigerian international was scoring in a Europa League Final as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side came painfully close to lifting a European trophy against Eintracht Frankfurt. Soon after he was on the road to the south of England, but he found himself playing in a 2-1 U23s defeat to Leeds last week with senior minutes limited.
Then just a cameo role was presented by new manager Ruben Selles in an FA Cup fifth round tie with League Two minnows Grimsby Town, where he was shoehorned into a striker as Southampton lost 2-1 in disastrous fashion. Aribo has played 37 first-team league minutes since January 4, not involved at all in either of their last two squads. They are bottom of the division after sacking Ralph Ralph Hasenhuttl and Nathan Jones from the hotseat.
