Another has gone through the out door with Yan Valery joining French Club Angers SCO on a permanent deal after 7 years at St Mary's.

A little under 4 years ago Yan Valery looked to have a bright future at Southampton FC with a series of decent displays at right back including a screamer of a goal at Old Trafford .

But he fell out of favour with Ralph Hasenhuttl in the following season and has failed to produce his form of old consistently.

Now with a year left on his contract Saints have agreed to sell him and get a fee rather than losing him for free and he has joined Angers SCO in his native France.

He would make 53 senior appearances for Valery during his time at Saints, which featured some memorable moments, including the aforementioned spectacular goal away to Manchester United and his strike in a 2-1 comeback victory over Tottenham, both in the 2018/19 season.

Valery now joins the Ligue 1 side, where former Southampton player Sofiane Boufal will be a teammate.

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BathSaint added 22:44 - Sep 1 I feel with bednarek and Stephens also on the way out, Valery was a useful, flexible and fairly low wage backup for our defence. If bednarek goes too we'll be down to only 3 CBs in the entire squad wouldn't we? Surely we need to be bringing in at least 2 to have a responsible level of cover?
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ElijahK added 23:48 - Sep 1 I do kinda agree Bath, although we were only gonna loan out both if we knew we’d get this Croatian one, so we were always gonna have 4, and seeing how both Stephens and Bednerak are on loan, I’m sure it’ll be part of the deal to be able to recall them if need be, and even then I’m sure we’ve got some young players coming through who may deserve a chance
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highfield49 added 11:03 - Sep 2 Good luck at Angers, Yan. Despite never quite making it as a first choice you always gave your best when selected to play. Compared to the village idiot Bednarek I'm sure you'll be welcome at St Mary's any time in the future.
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darthvader added 15:05 - Sep 2 I liked him, he was quiet tough sometimes and that goal against United! He was 'only'on 2k per week I hear so a lot cheaper than the others who have left and indeed others who have stayed Good luck to the lad And I hope he can keep it in his pants there, as whispers of bad behavior and getting into trouble have been heard.
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Peterx added 15:35 - Sep 2 Wish Jan well, despite limited playing time and the obvious disappointment that brings he still seemed to have a good attitude. Also did not have the luck i.e. started against Spuds and that happened to be the game we looked the worst and I'm not convinced it was his fault.
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