Manchester United legend Gary Neville believes Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is the hottest transfer property in the Premier League.

Neville reckons Saints should be bracing themselves for a barrage of offers for the £25million-rated midfielder in the New Year.

"I think Schneiderlin is the man at Southampton," he said.

"If he comes out they drop.

"They are going to get absolutely bombarded in January.

"Liverpool will look at him, Arsenal will look at him, United are looking at holding midfield players. Tottenham, with [Mauricio] Pochettino (who used to manage Schneiderlin at Southampton.

"There's four clubs I've named that all might fancy Schneiderlin.

"I think he's one of the best performing midfield players in the league."