Dyer has committed his future to Southampton

Southampton winger Nathan Dyer has signed a new three-year contract that will keep him at the club until 2011.

The 20-year-old has recently been on a week-to-week deal and had been ordered to train on his own while he considered his future.

Dyer missed a significant part of last season through injury, and made only 18 appearances in all competitions.

"I will be working hard in training and in games to try and force my way into the side," he told the club website.

"I am delighted to have got it all resolved and to have signed. I never wanted to leave the club, it was just a question of getting it all settled.

"Now I have to try and win back my place because Bradley Wright-Phillips has been playing well on the right and scoring goals and Lee Holmes looks a very good player.

"It will not be easy but I will be working hard in training and in games to try and force my way back in."

Dyer is due in court on Friday to answer a charge of burglary in relation to the theft of items from a Portsmouth