Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger has declared that neither Jay Rodriguez nor Morgan Schneiderlin will be sold this summer.

With former manager Mauricio Pochettino be-lieved to be interested in taking the duo to join him at Tottenham, Saints fans would have been worried that the outgoings at St Mary’s were set to continue.

Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Dejan Lovren have all moved to Liverpool while Luke Shaw has signed for Manchester United and Arsenal have taken Calum Chambers to the Emirates Stadium, with Southampton pocketing almost £100m for the combined deals.

But Krueger has refuted reports that Rodriguez, who is currently sidelined with a serious knee injury, and Schneiderlin will follow them away from Southampton.

“They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton,” he told Sky Sports News.

“Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.

“In and around Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin and the rest of our core players, we’re excited to continue to build forward, but all those stories are false.”

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