Saints have added to the St Mary's League of Nations by signing their first-ever Trinidadian player.

Versatile midfielder Kenwyne Jones, 19, passed a medical at the weekend after impressing on a week's trial.

He has signed a pre-contract agreement to join as soon as the transfer window re-opens - subject to the granting a work permit.

Rangers, Tottenham, West Ham and top Greek club Panathanaikos are all believed to have been looking at Jones.

Chairman Rupert Lowe said: "He is a tremendous athlete and the coaching staff believe they can turn him into a very good footballer.

"He has done well on trial so we have got him signed up quickly because a lot of other clubs wanted him.

"We have paid a fee to his club W Connection and we hope we have got ourselves a very good player. He is certainly not short on confidence.

"Jones has two full international caps but Saints are confident they will secure a work permit because of new regulations regarding the Commonwealth countries.

These will enable him to get a two-year student visa which will entitle him to work while he is here.

By the end of that stint, Saints are confident he will have played in the 75 per cent of full internationals to make a full work permit almost a formality.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS:

THE signing of Kenwyne Jones takes the number of nationalites on Saints' playing staff to 14.

Here is a list (English players obviously not included)

Scottish: (Neil McCann, Paul Telfer, Steven Crainey)

Welsh: (Aaron Davies)

Northern Ireland: (Chris Baird, Alan Blayney)

Republic of Ireland: (Rory Delap)

French: (Fabrice Fernandes, Yoann Folly, Leandre Griffit)

Swedish: (Anders Svensson, Michael Svensson)

Norwegian: (Jo Tessem, Claus Lundekvam)

Latvian: (Marian Pahars)

Ecuadorian: (Agustin Delgado)

Finnish: (Antti Niemi)

Icelandic: (Tim Sparv)

Portuguese: (Feliciano).

Trinidadian: Kenwyne Jones