Mauricio Pochettino is being quoted on Sky Sports that he believes Luke Shaw wil still be a Southampton player next season.

Mauricio Pochettino has dropped a bih hint that he feels that Luke Shaw will be a Southampton player next season after the Club itself went to great lengths to emphasise that they are in no hurry to sell Shaw or indeed any of the other players attracting the attention of the so called big clubs.

Pochettino stated that the ball is very much in the court of Saints nd that only owner Katharina Liebherr and Chairman Ralph Krueger will decide if and when the young left back leaves.

When asked about Shaw supposedly on the verge of joining several big clubs he said.

"That's the first time I've heard about that, it's news to me," he said. "At the end of the day Luke Shaw is a player that belongs to Southampton, and it will be the club that makes the decision as to what happens with his future.

"Of course there will be interest for him, but so far right now he's a player at Southampton and it looks as though it will continue that way.

"There are a lot of players who are under interest at Southampton, but they are all very happy at the football club, and most of them are under long-term contracts.

"They understand the situation of what it means to be a professional player in the Premier League. There's nothing really we have to speak about on that front. If there is any decision to be made, it is for the owners, not for me."

Its good to hear the manager speaking positively and the fact that he has done suggests that he is in line with the thinking of the current regime at the club.

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