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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman confirms Senegal midfielder Sadio Mané has been successful in obtaining a work permit but will not feature against Swansea City in the Premier League on Saturday.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Ronald Koeman, Southampton manager:

"Yesterday I got the message that everything is done. The work permission is okay. He's... Normally he is flying back today and he will arrive tomorrow morning very early. But it's too close for Saturday, normally after speaking to him tomorrow about his physical state, because the last ten days I don't know what he did and we have to wait for that, if I speak to Sadio. But normally it will be a good chance for him to be part of the squad for next Thursday for the League Cup game against Arsenal."

SOUNDBITE (English) Ronald Koeman, Southampton manager:

"But normally I'm positive to try in the country to do the maximum for the English players, but I think we do that in Southampton. If you look to the team, if you look to our squad, it's a lot of English players, a lot of young players, maybe it's more and more for the rest of the clubs."