José Fonte has submitted a transfer request and is said to want “to explore the opportunities” of a move. The Southampton captain, who helped Portugal win Euro 2016 last summer, has grown frustrated this season and was not selected by Claude Puel for any of the club’s six Europa League matches. Fonte’s contract runs until the summer of 2018.
Fonte was left out of the Southampton team at Bournemouth on 18 December and Puel was pictured in a lengthy conversation with his captain on the pitch before the kick-off. After the match, the manager was forced into explaining his rotation policy, under which he has made 30 changes across Southampton’s past six Premier League matches.
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