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While some Premier League teams have had players on their books for a number of years, others have seen significant squad upheaval leave them with plenty of ...

[Southampton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/southampton-fc) star James Ward-Prowse, but the free-kick expert has remained at St Mary's. His 200th club appearance came this season, an he has remained one of the handful of promotion-winning stars to continue playing a prominent part. This suggests a summer departure could be on the cards, with Karl Darlow and Jamaal Lascelles - signed in a double swoop - the next-longest serving. I had a conversation with Brendan [then-manager Brendan Rodgers] at the hotel the day of the game โ€“ and to be fair to Brendan he sort of gave me the option. One of those is Paul Dummett, the academy graduate who made his Premier League debut in 2013. A decade on, the Wales international has more than 200 club appearances to his name. There was the chaotic near-miss of a transfer to Signed from Sunderland in 2011, Henderson is second only to Everton's Coleman in the list of the league's longest-serving stars, but almost left a number of years ago. The Irishman joined from Sligo Rovers in 2009 at the age of 20, making his debut later that year, and hasn't looked back. However, the bulk of his top-flight career has come in "For me, itโ€™s difficult to see how he has never played for a big team in the Premier League because if you ask me what I think about him, I would say he is one of the best defenders in the Premier League," De Zerbi told club media before the centre-back's 400th career appearance. Some expected that to be the precursor to a permanent exit, but instead he returned and remains popular with Mikel Arteta even when not part of his starting XI.

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