Chelsea and Manchester United told ‘not even £100m’ will be enough to secure Southampton man

Chelsea and Manchester United told ‘not even £100m’ will be enough to secure Southampton man

Ronald Koeman claims not even £100million would be enough to tempt Southampton to sell Sadio Mane - or any of their other stars - this Jan... 03:15

Ronald Koeman claims not even £100million would be
enough to tempt Southampton to sell Sadio Mane - or any of
their other stars - this January.
The 23-year-old has shone in the 15 months since
swapping Red Bull Salzburg for Saints in a £10million deal.
It led to strong interest from Manchester United and Chelsea
in the summer and the likes of Bayern Munich and Paris
Saint Germain are amongst the high-profile clubs
monitoring Mane.
However, Saints boss Koeman says there is no chance that
the Senegal winger, or anyone else, will be leaving when the
transfer window re-opens.
“No, no, not in January,” he said. “Already we spoke about
that situation and we sell nobody in January.
“Nobody, even when they pay £100million.”
Meanwhile, Saints have secured the future of highly-rated
Josh Sims until 2018.
The Saints academy graduate was part of the triumphant
England side at last year’s European Under-17
Championship.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have been linked
with Sims in the past, but the 18-year-old has now signed a
new two-and-a-half-year deal at St Mary’s.
“I’m delighted to sign the new contract,” he told the club’s
YouTube channel. “I’m happy that the club has also shown
faith in me.
“First and foremost this season I really want to nail down a
place in the Under-21s, show the first-team staff what I can
do and then see where that takes me.
“The aim is to get into the first team, but the Under-21s is
the first step. I know the standard I need to get to and
hopefully I can impress this season.”