[2] Southampton faced regular battles for Premier League survival, though the club was never relegated during Monkou's time there.

In the 1993–94 season he scored a last minute winner in a 5–4 defeat of Norwich City from a Matt Le Tissier corner that helped the club stay in the Premier League.

[2] He stayed on the South Coast until 1999, when he joined Huddersfield Town on a free transfer, scoring once against Yorkshire rivals Barnsley.

[2] Monkou made a return to Chelsea in 2003, playing for the reserve team, before finally retiring from the game.

Monkou has also worked as a corporate hospitality host at Stamford Bridge, and is an ambassador for the Professional Footballers' Association and Show Racism the Red Card.