According to the Daily Mail, Southampton terminated the contract with twelve players including Larana.
It is reported that after a bleak season, Southampton decided to sack 12 players, including former Premier League champion Larana. They only won two games this season and ended up with 12 points, only one point higher than Derby County's all-time low. The team has confirmed relegation seven rounds in advance in April and will return to the Championship in August.
Last month, Southampton appointed Will Steele as the new head coach, and the Englishman signed a three-year contract and hopes to return to the Premier League immediately, including former England international Larana. Larana, 37, has played 34 times for the England national team and won Premier League and Champions League championships with Liverpool. He joined Southampton at the age of 12 in 2000 and spent 14 years there. He returned to the club he played for as a child last year and participated in 14 Premier League games last season. Although Larana's contract has expired, he has the potential to play in the coaching role under new coach Steele.
Previously, he was the assistant coach of interim coach Simon Rask. Kyle Walker Peters and Joe Lumley will also leave St. Mary's Stadium after the contract expires at the end of the month. Young players Derek Abbe, Josh Wright, Josh McNamara and Lewis Payne were also terminated. In addition, James Martin, Tervin Myers, Alfie Prescott, Ben Shef and Harry Upstair will also leave the team.
Southampton hopes to directly upgrade from the Championship in his first season as Steele. Steele became the youngest head coach among the top five European leagues when he joined Ligue 1 team Lance in October 2022. He has won wide acclaim in his early coaching careers in Liles and Belshot in Belgium and Lance and Lance in France. When signing with Southampton, he said: "There is great potential here and we have the opportunity to do something special. The plans they showed me were very impressive and I believe we can build a positive future together."