Southampton boss Nigel Adkins has wants 17 year old winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to spend another year at St Mary's. There has been plenty of speculation that a Premier League side could snap up the youngster, with Arsenal strongly linked.
Adkins understands why Oxlade-Chamberlain has been unable to ignore talk of possibly joining one of England's leading clubs.
"Obviously in the last couple of days there have been a few comments that have come out nationally," Adkins said on Sky Sports News.
"The expectation for a 17-year-old boy and his parents to be linked with big football clubs obviously will play on people's minds, but I think he's handled himself ever so well, and he's loved at Southampton.
"We believe it's better for him to stay at Southampton and play his football and keep developing."
