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Southampton boss Koeman insists Tottenham target Wanyama, Man Utd mark Mane going nowhere

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has made it vehemently clear that no more of his key players will leave the club this summer.

Tottenham are being linked with a £16million move for Kenyan midfielder Wanyama while Manchester United are reportedly preparing a bid of in excess of £20m for Senegalese winger Mane.

But Koeman has insisted that the duo, nor no other Saints player, are likely to leave St Mary's before September 1.

"Listen, there is no bid for any player. Not for Wanyama, not for Sadio, not anyone," Koeman said.

"We have to deal with rumours of the press and maybe somebody of Manchester [United] - I don't know.

"There is no contact and no bid for nobody and we don't sell any more players. That is very clear in my opinion. I don't like [these rumours] because maybe players are thinking and they are not then focused on what they have to do.

"The timing is always bad. Maybe it's worse one day before we play at home but it's always bad. We keep going. It is not September 1 yet. There are still 10 or 11 days to go, so we will see what happens."

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