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Sad to see you go - the Premiership's biggest pre-season departures

 

Tom Mendelsohn
Friday 13 August 2010 13:56 BST
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The transfer market isn't just about bringing players in, you know. For every player that arrives at a club to a big fanfare, there's a player who leaves.

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Some players leave with the thanks of their clubs and fans, while some slink off in the night, forgotten, ignored or reviled. The Premiership has lost one or two big names in time for the start of the coming season, and these have left alongside a few more '00s stalwarts, moving abroad as age catches up with them.

In the following gallery, we take a look at some of these departures. Who will you miss the most? Who are you glad to see the back of? As ever, tell us in the comments below.

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