Koeman on Man Utd's Mane interest: Nobody is for sale

The Southampton manager is growing frustrated at the continual speculation surrounding his players, before accusing Louis van Gaal's side of leaking news of last week's approach

 

Ronald Koeman insists that Southampton will be selling no more key players this year, amid intense speculation linking Sadio Mane with a move to Manchester United.

The winger, who started Saints' 1-1 Europa League draw with Midtjylland on Thursday, is a target for Louis van Gaal after Pedro joined Chelsea, with United lodging a formal bid for the Senegal international last week.

Southampton have already lost Nathaniel Clyne and Morgan Schneiderlin during the close-season and Koeman is keen to keep his star players at St. Mary's Stadium after a mass exodus of first-team player last summer.

"Nobody is for sale, we will do everything to keep the best players here," Koeman told reporters. "We want to continue with these players and that's the most important thing.

"This is the worst situation for smaller clubs. We have to deal with the rumours from the press and maybe [leaked] from Manchester United.

"No-one talks about the best players of [Manchester] City, United or Chelsea. It's not nice but everybody knows we don't sell any more players. We keep going – nobody is going away from Southampton.