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Bertrand scores his first England goal
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RYAN Bertrand scored his first international goal, a long-range strike, as a lacklustre England won last night’s World Cup qualifier 4-0 away to Malta.
The Saints left-back’s 85th-minute strike added gloss as Malta conceded three late goals.
Two-goal Harry Kane and Danny Welbeck ensured a flattering scoreline against a Malta side ranked 190th in the world.
Elsewhere, Steven Davis scored a penalty to complete Northern Ireland’s 3-0 win away to San Marino.
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Free agent XI: Shay Given, Jan Kirchhoff and Rickie Lambert feature
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Transfer Deadline Day has come and gone but a number of former Premier League players are still without a club.
Free agents can sign for teams outside the traditional January and summer windows, as Southampton demonstrated when they signed Martin Caceres in February.
With 1,883 Premier League appearances scattered across our free agent XI, there may be one or two bargains to be had.
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The 41-year-old is one of the Premier League’s most consistent 'keepers, making 451 appearances in the top flight, but he is now on back-up duty, most recently at Stoke.
He has kept 116 clean sheets so far and is hoping for one final opportunity.
Formerly of Sunderland and Bayern Munich, Kirchhoff has 22 Premier League and 80 Bundesliga appearances to his name. Injuries have been his main problem.
Released by Leicester City over the summer, the Poland international could be an experienced addition for a Sky Bet Championship club.
Bassong was let go by Norwich City after playing just nine of their Championship games last season. He has been training with Birmingham City and reportedly impressed Harry Redknapp in a trial game on Tuesday.
The former Manchester City and Liverpool defender left Celtic in the summer and accepted a coaching job with the Ivory Coast Olympic team. However, he reportedly wants to combine playing and coaching duties and is on the lookout for a new team.
Another former Sunderland defender, Lescott left the Black Cats in the summer having joined their doomed relegation fight in January.
The Wales international, an important part of Chris Coleman’s Euro 2016 squad, is a free agent after leaving Crystal Palace. He will need a new club to bolster his chances of making Wales’ World Cup team next summer, should they qualify.
Like Ledley, former Arsenal midfielder Flamini was released by Crystal Palace. He has 178 Premier League appearances to his name and has been linked with MLS and Serie A.
The former West Brom midfielder left Norwich after his contract expired. He was linked to Fulham but a move never materialised.
Rossi was let go by Celta Vigo but he had a good record in Spain, scoring 64 goals in 170 appearances. A series of knee injuries have hampered his career but he’s still just 30-years-old.
He left Cardiff City by mutual consent in July and is still without a club. A star at Southampton, it never really worked out at Liverpool or West Brom.
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Ryan Bertrand - It’s great to get my first England goal
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Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand chats to Gabriel Clare abut the feeling of netting his first senior international goal in England’s 4-0 win over Malta.
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Davis nets as Northern Ireland win
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Steven Davis scored as Northern Ireland kept their World Cup dreams very much alive, with a 3-0 victory in San Marino.
Davis converted a 77th-minute penalty, shortly after a quick-fire double from Josh Magennis had finally put Michael O’Neill’s side in control, in Serravalle.
A fourth consecutive qualifying win means the Irish are firmly in control of second place in Group C.
Germany are five points clear of them at the top, with three games left, but Northern Ireland now have a seven-point gap to Czech Republic below them, ahead of the meeting between the sides on Monday, in Belfast.
A second-placed finish would likely ensure the Irish of a play-off berth and a chance to follow up their European Championship appearance last summer with a first trip to the World Cup finals since 1986.
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BREAKING: Jon Walters is fit to play and will make his 50th appearance for Ireland this evening! #COYBIG
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Steven Davis praised Northern Ireland’s patience as Northern Ireland overcame a resilient San Marino side 3-0 in the Olimpico di Serravalle.
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Good luck to #SaintsFC’s @LeminaM_13! He starts for Gabon as they take on Ivory Coast in their latest #WCQ and they… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/904011584363798528
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A big evening of World Cup qualifying lies ahead for a number of the squad, as the road to the 2018 finals in Russia nears an end.
Summer signing Mario Lemina faces a vital clash, as he and his Gabon teammates host Ivory Coast (5pm BST).
After their first two games in the final stage of African qualifying, Gabon lie second in Group C, two points behind tonight’s opponents.
A victory would see them leapfrog Ivory Coast, ahead of the sides meeting again on Tuesday, this time with Gabon travelling away from home.
Only the group winners will advance to the World Cup finals, so the next few days could be pivotal ones for Lemina and his colleagues.
In the European qualification zone, Shane Long and Dušan Tadić both face big Group D fixtures.
Republic of Ireland and Serbia are locked together at the top of the standings, on 12 points, ahead of the teams meeting in Dublin for a crunch game on Tuesday night.
Before then, Long and his colleagues travel to Georgia later today (5pm BST), while Tadić and Serbia host Moldova (5pm BST) in a pair of qualifiers.
There is also a massive game for Manolo Gabbiadini and Italy, as they travel to Madrid for a meeting with Spain (7.45pm BST).
The teams are tied at the top of Group G, on 16 points, with the sides having played out a 1-1 draw in Turin last October.
Elsewhere, young Saints striker Jonathan Afolabi is with Republic of Ireland Under-19s, as they host their Czech Republic counterparts in a friendly (7.45pm BST).
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The 14 Premier League clubs with NEW record transfers
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The summer of 2017 symbolised the start of a new era in football transfers with Neymar becoming the first three-figured player and soon followed by Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe.
While none of those mega-deals were struck by Premier League clubs, the sheer scale of spending in the world’s richest division came in at a record-shattering £1.4bn.
Unsurprisingly, the majority of the 20 outfits (14) set new transfer records across the summer while four broke it more than once. Here, Sportsmail looks at how each record was broken and the player they replaced.
Antonio Conte may not have succeeded in his attempts to get Diego Costa out of Chelsea, but he at least found a fitting replacement in Real Madrid’s Alvaro Morata.
The Spain international has hit the ground running at Stamford Bridge, already making a better start than their last record signing Fernando Torres, who took 14 matches and 903 minutes to find the back of the net for the Blues.
Liverpool were one of four clubs to break their record more than once this window with Mohamed Salah originally replacing the £35m deal for Andy Carroll, struck in the wake of Torres’ departure in 2011.
Keita will not link up with the Reds until next season and will spend another year with RB Leipzig but is already carved into Anfield’s history books.
With Arsenal fans seemingly at breaking point by the time the window closed, it is hard to remember just how positively Arsene Wenger started the summer.
His quick move for Lacazette showed the kind of opportunism and ruthlessness rarely associated with the Frenchman with regard to transfers, but he soon returned to his indecisive ways.
Ronald Koeman loosened the purse strings in fine style this summer in an attempt to crack into the Premier League elite. Their deal for Swansea’s Sigurdsson was the longest running saga in English football and it took an eye-watering figure to get it over the line.
It brought an end to Pickford’s short stay at the top with the Sunderland goalkeeper originally replacing Romelu Lukaku’s £28m figure from 2014.
Mauricio Pochettino took his time about it but after months of inactivity the Tottenham manager sealed a deal for one of the world’s most exciting young defenders.
The Ajax star did his bit to make sure the transfer went through but Tottenham still needed a record-breaking figure to tempt them into a sale.
The Hammers may have been struggling to stay in the division last season, but their 60,000-seat stadium in the heart of London made them an attractive prospect for Arnautovic.
Sealed in the early days of the window, the fee seems like a steal considering the size of the deals that eventually went through.
This time last year, Nathan Ake’s loan deal to the Cherries was overshadowed by the arrival of Jack Wilshere but it is the Dutchman who impressed enough to inspire a club record fee.
The defender was mightily impressive enough for Eddie Howe’s side to earn a recall to Chelsea in January. However, Antonio Conte couldn’t offer him the first-team football he required and a £20m fee was seen as too good to turn down.
Watford are looking to kick on after some stagnation under Walter Mazzarri and the arrival of Marco Silva from Hull is still regarded as their biggest coup of the summer.
But Gray’s arrival from Burnley could be significant considering he has come from a direct rival.
The Saints continued their Serie A pillage with a move for Juventus midfield Lemina, who edged out former Napoli man Gabbiadini by just £1m to become their most expensive star.
Those at St Mary’s will be hoping Lemina proves just as effective with Gabbiadini already proving a hit in his six months in the South.
Paul Clement reinvested some of Sigurdsson’s transfer fee in the tough-tackling Hull star Clucas and saw him put in a man of the match display against Crystal Palace.
He has already made more of an impact than Baston, who left the club in July just 11 months after arriving. The striker scored just one goal for the club.
Leeds thought they had got away with it after holding onto their star striker for much of the summer, but Gray’s departure left Sean Dyche looking for reinforcements in attack.
Wood started the payback with a debut goal against Tottenham, earning a vital away point with a last-minute strike.
Oliver Burke raised eyebrows when he left Nottingham Forest to join RB Leipzig last summer, but the Scotsman failed to settle in Germany and has now return to England’s midlands.
West Brom don’t have the deepest pockets in the league but were able to offer Leipzig a full refund on their original outlay.
New to the Premier League, Chris Hughton’s squad needed strengthening if they were to have any chance of avoiding the bottom three and they did exactly that as they broke their transfer record three times.
Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan was the first to break it with a £5m move from Valencia, replacing Shane Duffy’s £4.75m deal from 2016.
Like Brighton, the Terriers dipped into their Premier League windfall to break their transfer record three times.
Before this summer, their record deal was a paltry £2m paid for defender Christopher Schindler last summer. Laurent Depoitre (£3.5m) was the first to break it before Aaron Mooy became the first £10m+ player.
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Club Southampton is offering you the opportunity to join a host of Saints legends for Watford’s visit to St Mary’s.
Former captain Kelvin Davis will now be joined by Radhi Jaïdi, Mike Earls and Manny Andruszewski in the President’s Lounge for the visit of the Hornets, on Saturday 9th September.
The ex-players will be sharing in the Club Southampton hospitality experience with fans, while also conducting a Sunday Supplement-style discussion with guests.
It promises to be a great afternoon, as the club’s former stars share some of their entertaining stories and discuss the game with Watford.
You can still secure your place in the President’s Lounge for the game, with packages priced at £130 + VAT.
With top-quality food, a variety of complimentary drinks, attentive service, and the chance to hear from a host of Southampton legends, it is a fantastic opportunity to watch Saints in true style.
Make an enquiry online now, or call 02380 727768 to ensure you don’t miss out. Hurry, though, as the deadline for purchasing is 4pm on Wednesday 6th September.
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