After leaving Saints in the summer of 2014 Brazilian striker Guly has finally signed for a new club.

Ex Saints striker Guilherme “Guly” do Prado has joined American club Chicago Fire for the 2015 season in the MLS.

Guy initially joined Saints in August 2010 and was technically the last signing of then Saints manager Alan Pardew, but rumour was that Guly had been forced upon Pardew and that he had been ordered to play him against Bristol Rovers.

Guly sat on the bench till the final minute o injury time with Nicola Cortése allegedly phoning Pardew from the stands demanding he come on, Saints won the fixture 4- 0 yet Pardew was sacked.

Guly was a good servant to Saints although certain sections of the crowd treated him appallingly at times, but he battled on and played a vital part in the back to back promotions.

All in all in the league over 3 divisions he played 67 games plus 36 as sub scoring 19 times a reasonable return, in addition he played 7(1) FA Cup games scoring 3 times, 5(1) in the League cup scoring just the 1 and a single JPT Game not getting his name on the scoresheet.

Now he heads to the USA and I'm sure that every Saints supporter thanks Guly for his time at the club and his contribution and wishes the 33 year old all the best with his new club.

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landsdownsaint added 23:05 - Jan 6 Legend !! IMHO
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ThereIn76 added 09:02 - Jan 7 Good for him, he did his share to get us to where we are now. His goal in the FA Cup v Blackpool was one to savour.
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SaintDownUnder added 09:13 - Jan 7 Gully is a cult hero here in Oz, not sure why, we just live the bloke. Last game I saw for saints was away at Dangenham when we beat them 3-1 and Guly bossed it and scored...... Good luck Guly, appreciate your contribution.
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Winchsaint added 10:11 - Jan 7 Totally agree Nick, fans are quick to scapegoat a dare I say it foreign player (read Mane in recent weeks) when things aren't going our way for their perceived lack of (English) grit and graft. Although much less talented than our new Senegalese hero, Guly sometimes played a different style to his team mates meaning certain things didn't come off but every time I saw him he put n 100% effort and will always remember his two goals against Palace on Boxing Day a few years back.

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saintmark1976 added 11:05 - Jan 7 Good to see that he can continue to earn a living. In my opinion a minority of our mainly younger fans let themselves down badly toward the end of his career with us.He received totally unnecessary amounts of stick out of all proportion to his,in many cases,wrongly perceived lack of ability.
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davepid added 11:09 - Jan 7 And he could score from the penalty spot.
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