"Keith will play the opening 15 minutes or so and perhaps the final 15. Then he can go back a month later and score the winner! It’s unusual for a player to spend 10 years with the same club these days, and I think it’s only fair he goes back for his own testimonial. He’s very well thought of at Blackpool – you can see that by the reaction of their fans to his departure – and I know he will become a firm favourite here."
"Our fans will see a really wholehearted player who has impressed in League I, the Championship and the Premier League. That experience will be invaluable to us, especially when you consider the number of younger players in our squad, but Keith has other things to offer as well. He’s a good player who is competitive and mobile and will provide that final piece of the jigsaw in the midfield area. And he still has plenty in the tank."
"Keith is also a great lad off the pitch who will fit in well here, and that’s important, because we want to maintain that team spirit. It’s good to have him on board, and we now have real options in midfield with Adam Clayton, Oliver Norwood, Oscar Gobern and Anton Robinson. Oscar and Anton have both impressed in pre-season, and we’ve got five good players who will all have the chance to stake a claim. Nobody is guaranteed a place."
Southern left Blackpool with a year left on his contract but stated that "I’ve achieved everything I wanted to achieve at Blackpool. I’ve played in the Premier League, had two great promotions at Wembley and I’m leaving on a fantastic note." Southern went on further to say;
"The majority of the lads in that dressing room I’ve known for a long time and they’ll be my friends forever, not just the length of time I’m in football. I’m sad to be leaving them and I’ve had some lovely texts off them about how gutted they are. But football moves forward, nothing stands still. I’ve still got a few years left in the game and I’m really excited about joining Huddersfield."
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