"Jose Fonte hasn't played in a cup final before. Probably never will either."
Southampton fans are unsurprisingly over the moon tonight as their side beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield to secure a place in the EFL Cup final.
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The Saints are heading to Wembley after Shane Long's late goal sealed a 2-0 aggregate win over Klopp's side, and obviously football fans everywhere were totally gutted for the Reds...
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While Southampton fans were busy celebrating, they also managed to find a little bit of time to do a little ribbing of a recently departed former captain of theirs.
Jose Fonte joined West Ham because he said he wanted a chance to win trophies, but now he's missing out on a chance to lead his side out at Wembley... and is playing for West Ham.
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Safe to say they're not exactly gutted for their former skipper...
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