Lallana wants to stay at Saints

26 July 2009 14:20
The England Under-21 international has been linked with a move away from St Mary's following the club's relegation, but he is adamant he will not be joining the list of players who have already left the south-coast outfit. Speaking after he grabbed the opening goal in Saints' 3-0 triumph over Scottish outfit Hearts, he told the club's official website: "I'm 100% committed to Southampton. I've got two years left here and I'm definitely going to be here for at least the next year and hopefully a few more." Saints' emphatic pre-season victory at St Mary's coincided with Alan Pardew's first match in charge of the club, and he could not have been happier. He said: "We're overjoyed with that performance. We've still got a lot to do but in terms of what we wanted to achieve here, we've ticked a lot of boxes." Grzegorz Rasiak grabbed the other two goals but, speaking about the striker's future, Pardew added: "We'll have to wait and see with Grzegorz's situation, there are clubs that are interested in him and he's done himself no harm here. I'd like to keep him but if it's a situation where a club makes a bid that's acceptable then he will go."

Source: Team_Talk