{"id":558995,"date":"2020-07-21T05:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=558995"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:27:15","slug":"mame-biram-diouf-leaves-stoke-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/21\/mame-biram-diouf-leaves-stoke-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Mame Biram Diouf Leaves Stoke City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senegalese forward <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7f4f3e49\/Mame-Biram-Diouf?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mame Biram Diouf<\/a> has left <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/stoke-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoke City<\/a> after six years in the Potteries, the club has confirmed. The 32-year-old, who signed a contract extension to carry him through to the end of the season earlier in July, has asked to be released from the Championship club one-game early.<\/p>\n<h2>Mame Biram Diouf Departs Stoke City<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MameDiouf99?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MameDiouf99<\/a>&#8216;s six-year spell with Stoke City has come to an end.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SCFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stoke City FC (@stokecity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stokecity\/status\/1285258220496465922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Diouf&#8217;s Stoke Career<\/h3>\n<p>The Senegal international who has represented his country on 47 occasions, will leave Stoke with the team 17th in the Championship and safe for another season. Much of Diouf&#8217;s early years with the club were spent in the Premier League. In total, the striker played 144 times, scoring 24 goals for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Having joined the club in 2014 on a free transfer from German club Hannover 96, Diouf has become a popular figure at the bet365 Stadium. Perhaps most memorable for his solo goal at the Etihad in 2017, to earn Stoke a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MW-iDw3gWsg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1-0 away win<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diouf will now begin his search for a new club as a free agent once more. It is unknown where the striker may head to next, having previously had spells with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a>, Blackburn Rovers and Molde before his time with Stoke City, it is likely he will attract plenty of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Diouf has been on the fringes of the Potters squad this season, and as a result has only made eight league appearances, scoring just one goal.<\/p>\n<p>Stoke City also confirmed the departure of former Republic of Ireland international <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/3831b9fe\/Stephen-Ward?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Ward<\/a>, who leaves the bet365 Stadium following just one season with the Potters.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Diouf and Ward, goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/13\/adam-federici-released-by-stoke-city-along-with-eight-youth-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Federici and eight youth team players<\/a> have left the club, as confirmed last week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ADK1WgZpRjVryh1nvr5b0A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1139306176\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ADK1WgZpRjVryh1nvr5b0A',sig:'agvxzZyy5WOsq4UxXmxolFNn2vTO-6qtfH33n11VFrM=',w:'594px',h:'387px',items:'1139306176',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegalese forward Mame Biram Diouf has left Stoke City after six years in the Potteries, the club has confirmed. The 32-year-old, who signed a contract extension to carry him through to the end of the season earlier in July, has asked to be released from the Championship club one-game early. 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