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Pellegrino’s first interview

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Summary of non-mainstream articles: 30/06/2017 22:23:55

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| Telegraph: Chelsea ‘in talks’ with Antonio Rudiger, againSBNATIONWEAINTGOTNOHISTORY |
| | Fulham, Southampton, Derby and Norwich chase 16-year-old Stade Rennais stopperGETWESTLONDON |
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| | Report: Southampton amongst PL clubs sounded out over availability of Barcelona’s Thomas VermaelenHEREISTHECITY |

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Like what you’ve heard from Mauricio Pellegrino, #SaintsFC fans? :innocent:

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:zap: Look back at #SaintsFC manager Mauricio Pellegrino’s first day at the club: https://twitter.com/i/moments/880895022245302272

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Summary of non-mainstream articles: 01/07/2017 06:51:55

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| Anatomy of a Revived Transfer: Virgil van Dijk to LiverpoolSBNATIONTHELIVERPOOLOFFSIDE |
| | Virgil van Dijk still “hopeful” of Liverpool deal resurrectionROUSINGTHEKOP |
| | Norwich in race to sign ChopinREADNORWICH |
| | West Brom to complete £12m Rodriguez signingREADWESTBROM |
| | West Brom set to complete Rodriguez deal on SundayREADSOUTHAMPTON |
| | West Brom agree £12m fee for Jay RodriguezBIRMINGHAMMAIL |
| | Southampton linked with Rennes youngster ChopinREADSOUTHAMPTON |
| | Revealed: 60% of Spurs fans wouldn’t back this Southampton transferFOOTBALLFANCAST |
| | Vermaelen could leave Barcelona and return to Premier LeagueDAILYCANNON |

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Saints ready for more contracts - but there remains a glaring absentee

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MAYA Yoshida is the one glaring absentee on Saints’ contract checklist as Jack Stephens and Sam Gallagher prepare to put pen to paper on long term deals.

Saints have gone about extending players’ contracts over the past 12 months, with virtually all of their key men signed up until 2020 and beyond.

Centre-back Stephens and striker Gallagher are the latest to be offered improved terms, with the club preparing to announce those contracts along side the arrival of Polish defender Jan Bednarek.

Big guns Virgil van Dijk (2022), Ryan Bertrand (2021) and Oriol Romeu (2021) are all tied to lengthy deals at St Mary’s, while most other regulars have also signed up for the next three years.

However, with one year remaining on his current contract, the one omission from that list is Yoshida, who as things stand will be Van Dijk’s regular partner at centre-back next season.

Saints are well aware of Yoshida’s situation and will look to avoid letting his contract wind down, having last handed him a new deal in January 2015.

The Japan international has increasingly been a prominent figure at St Mary’s, with last season under Claude Puel by far his best since arriving from Dutch side VVV Venlo in 2012 in a £3m transfer.

The 28-year-old appeared 37 times last term in all competitions, including 23 starts in the Premier League, and was a mainstay in the team after Jose Fonte’s January exit to West Ham and Van Dijk’s season-ending injury.

Yoshida also captained Saints in the 1-0 win at West Bromwich Albion in the top-flight in April and is now a well respected member of the team following a difficult period during Ronald Koeman’s reign at St Mary’s.

With Stephens - Yoshida’s partner at the back during the second half of the season - already getting a bumper new deal, there is certainly scope for the Japanese to be handed his own extension.

Saints are also well aware that Jeremy Pied and Florin Gardos’ contracts are up next summer too.

But the club will be keen to wait on how things unfold for them under Mauricio Pellegrino next season.

Pied was very much a Puel signing last summer, with the right-back previously working under the Frenchman at Nice and Lyon.

He is still virtually an unknown quantity at Saints after spending the majority of the season sidelined with a serious knee injury.

After Cuco Martina’s release, Pied is now the only senior back-up to Cedric Soares on the right side of defence, and will be keen to impress the Argentine if he’s given the chance.

Gardos meanwhile has played just one game in two seasons and will know that next season is likely to be his last chance to make anything of his Saints career.

The central defender is fit, though, having been called up to Romania national team and will be heading into pre-season knowing he must impress Pellegrino.

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Look back on some of @SamGallagher40’s best moments, after the striker signed a new four-year deal with… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/881084974115500032

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Summary of non-mainstream articles: 01/07/2017 09:52:35

| | 4-2-3-1: The potential new-look 2017/18 Liverpool XI including Keita and Van Dijk | | Where football transfer …THETRANSFERTAVERN |
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| | Three reasons West Ham simply must beat Everton and Southampton to exciting 18-year-old attackerFOOTBALLFANCAST |
| | Southampton reportedly issue warning to Tottenham and Liverpool | FutnSoccerFUTNSOCCER |

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Premier League free agents: John Terry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Jesus Navas and more

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John Terry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jesus Navas are among the list of Premier League players to become free agents as of July 1.

With the transfer window in full swing, the destinations of the following players will fill plenty of column inches in the weeks to come, until they sign at a new club.

Terry, who is no longer Chelsea captain after 22 years at the club, has been offered a one-year contract by both Aston Villa and Birmingham, while Ibrahimovic’s next venture remains up in the air.

Here’s a full list of the players who were released this summer and are yet to find a new side…

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Pellegrino: We need everybody

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Speaking in his first interview, the new Saints boss outlined his ambitions to take the club forward, highlighting that he will need everybody to do that.

"For me, to be competitive, we need everybody. To make the people feel proud of the team we have to try to create this synergy between the players and the fans,” Pellegrino explained

“We have to give them our effort, our passion, our work and they will feel this.

“If they feel this, I think it will be easier in the future. This is something the people quickly will feel when they see the players and the team is working together.

“This is something that is important, because when you are competing the small details make a huge difference."

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Summary of non-mainstream articles: 01/07/2017 10:52:50

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