Sam Gallagher will not leave Southampton before the loan transfer deadline day on August 31.
The striker had been linked with a loan move away from St Mary’s, but Mark Hughes has revealed that the 22-year-old is a part of his plans for the season ahead.
The Daily Echo report Hughes as saying:
Sam is very much in our 25.
We get a lot of interest in Sam I have to say. It’s understandable if I’m honest having worked with him for the first time.
He has a lot of attributes. He is a strong young man, a lot of talent, a lot of pace and you can see why clubs would like to take him on board and work with him this season.
The target-man has been loaned out of Southampton on three previous occasions, spending time at MK Dons, Blackburn, and Birmingham.
Southampton’s attacking options for the 2018-19 season can therefore boast the experienced Shane Long, Manolo Gabbiadini, and Charlie Austin, new signing Danny Ings, and the target-man Gallagher.
Hughes went on to say:
There will be some guys who go out on loan because it best suits them but I sense Sam has come back with a view that he wants to try and push and get in the team and I am all for that.
I think that’s a good thing because he’s been out on loan and had good experiences but he’s come back with a view he wants to force himself into the first team and why not? That’s what you want from young players.
