Southampton stars hit the streets as Nathan Redmond and Manolo Gabbiadini become Big Issue sellers for the day
- Four Southampton players joined Big Issue sellers in Winchester town centre
- Nathan Redmond, Manolo Gabbiadini, Oriol Romeu and Florin Gardos took part
- The stars sold a special Southampton edition of the famous street newspaper
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Four Southampton players have taken to Winchester town centre to join Big Issue vendors in selling a special edition of the famous street newspaper.
Nathan Redmond, Manolo Gabbiadini, Oriol Romeu and Florin Gardos hit the streets on Tuesday to help shift copies of a unique Southampton-themed edition of the Big Issue.
Despite the rainy weather in Winchester, the Southampton stars looked in good spirits as they donned Big Issue vests and tried their hand at selling the magazine - which is traditionally sold by homeless people.
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Nathan Redmond smiles as he poses with a Big Issue vendor in Winchester town centre
Southampton's Italian forward Manolo Gabbiadini shakes hands with one Big Issue vendor
All four players posed for photos with regular Big Issue sellers and Redmond was seen deep in conversation with one particular vendor in a video posted to Southampton's official Twitter account.
The special edition of Big Issue features Southampton defender Jack Stephens on the cover and will be handed out with the matchday programme for Saints first game of the season - at home to Swansea on Saturday.
'I could see how hard these guys have to work, they’re out in all weather', Redmond told Southampton's official website: 'It's not easy and I have huge respect for them'.
Oriol Romeu helped shift copies of the special Southampton edition of the Big Issue
Florin Gardos helped launch the new partnership between Big Issue and Southampton
Saints winger Redmond shares a joke with a vendor at a rainy Winchester town centre
Southampton are launching a new partnership with Big Issue magazine which will give Big Issue vendors the chance to enroll in an eight-week employability programme.
The Swansea match on Saturday will be new Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino's first Premier League match in charge.
Southampton broke their transfer record with the £18million signing of Gabonese midfielder Mario Lemima from Juventus on Tuesday.
The Saints have also signed Poland Under-21 defender Jan Bednarek this summer but they face a battle to keep centre back Virgil van Dijk after he submitted a transfer request on Monday.
��#SaintsFC stars hit the streets with @BigIssue vendors this week as part of the unique partnership between the organisations: pic.twitter.com/fD8RpYNpqS
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) August 10, 2017
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