Southampton have released three players, including Guly do Prado, and offered new deals to a quintet of youngsters.
The Premier League club confirmed on Saturday that midfielder Guly will depart St Mary s Stadium along with Lee Barnard and Jonathan Forte as the trio are out of contract and have not been offered fresh terms.
Brazil-born Guly made over 100 appearances for Southampton after joining from Cesena in 2010, initially on loan before his move became permanent. The 32-year-old played an integral part in the club s rise from League One to the top flight and weighed in with 23 goals.
Southampton Football Club would like to thank those players leaving for their efforts whilst representing the cub, and wishes them all the very best for the future, read a club stateme…
Thierry Henry has been suspended by Monaco, the Ligue 1 club have announced.
The former Arsenal and France forward has struggled to turn around Monaco s flagging fortunes since being appointed as Leonardo Jardim s replacement in October.
Henry held a remarkable news conference on Thursday in which he confirmed he has dismissed a number of players from training with Monaco s first team.
You have to see. There were not too many people in training yesterday. We ll see today, Henry said ahead of a game against Dijon. It s important to see the reaction at Dijon. We are in a critical situation – unfortunately, that has not changed.
We tightened up the group. At some point, you need guys who want to save the club, who don t think about themselves. We re sort…
Lyon have completed their move to sign Netherlands defender Kenny Tete from Ajax.
Tete is set to be presented as a Lyon player later on Monday, with the transfer fee reported to be in the region of €3million.
The 21-year-old is a product of Ajax s youth academy, joining the Amsterdam club in 2005 and progressing to the first team in 2015.
He made his international debut later that year and has been capped six times by his country.
Kenny Tete is part of the !!
— OL English (@OL_English)
Tete amassed 55 appearances for Ajax and featured in both legs as they defeated Lyon in the semi-finals of the Europa League last season.
Bertrand Traore, who spent 2016-17 on loan at Ajax from Chelsea, signed for Lyon last month on a fiv…
Gary Neville has warned Manchester United they need a new centre-back more than they need Jadon Sancho after a horror show in their opening Premier League game.
The former United captain said the current side stand no chance of winning the Premier League with Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof at the heart of their defence.
His brutal verdict was delivered as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s team were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday.
After finishing third in the Premier League last season following a 14-match unbeaten run in the competition, United began 2020-21 with high hopes of another lofty finish.
They want to bring Borussia Dortmund s exciting England winger Sancho to the club, but Neville says their priority should lie elsewhere.
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Atletico Madrid striker Alvaro Morata is relishing a bruising duel with his former Juventus team-mate Leonardo Bonucci when the two sides face each other in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Juve travel to the Wanda Metropolitano for the first leg of their last-16 tie knowing they have been given one of the toughest draws available.
A familiar face in Morata is expected to lead the line for Atletico, with the Spain international previously playing two years in Turin before returning to Real Madrid in 2016.
Centre-back Bonucci jokingly said in an interview on Tuesday that he was going to give his friend Morata a good beating on the pitch.
Morata expects such treatment but claims it will only fire him up even more.
I wish he d beat me up, Morata …