Ralph Hasenhuttl warned off any potential suitors of Southampton forward Che Adams after his brace helped earn a 3-0 win at Cambridge in the Carabao Cup.
Adams continued his fine start to the new campaign with a goal in each half to back up his weekend efforts, when the Scotland international netted a double to inspire a comeback victory away to Leicester.
An indifferent pre-season saw the ex-Birmingham striker linked with a move away from St Mary’s but his second consecutive brace means he is halfway to his eight-goal tally from the 2021-22 season. “Why not (stay)?
He is our player. He was last season the second best goalscorer in our team so why should we let him go?” Hasenhuttl insisted. “He enjoys this position I think, alone up front, in the middle where he is always in the box and there he has his biggest strength. “Again it was a good message from him to show up here and show he can always be the guy who can score our goals. “Yeah, he enjoys this position and we know what we have with Che.