Hornets warn Spurs over Loach bid

The 21-year-old has been in superb form for the Championship side over the last 12 months and has been linked with a move to Tottenham in the coming weeks.Loach can expect a busy 90 minutes at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon as his side look to cause a major FA Cup upset against Chelsea but Mackay has revealed recent developments off the field mean he is no longer under any pressure to cash in on his prime asset.The club were close to going into administration last month when chairman Jimmy Russo resigned and demanded a £4.5million loan to be repaid in full but board member Lord Ashcroft stepped in to save the Hornets from disaster.Mackay said: "Lord Ashcroft has paid the outstanding loan to the former chairman and is putting in some money in the next six weeks which will see us through to the summer."Things will change in the summer, with players naturally coming to the end of their contracts and we will build a squad to a plan then."But right now it is back in my hands as to whether I want to let people leave this club, which is a relief."I don't need to sell players and I won't do unless something ridiculous comes in."We lost five first-team players in August and we have managed to get a young team together since then to compete and we don't need any more disruption."Scott will be here unless we get a silly bid and I think the best thing for his career is to stay here at this moment in time."There has been a real progression in his career over the last few years and he is now the number one for England Under-21s but this is his first full season in the Championship."In order for him to continue to develop he needs football and he is getting that here."The Hornets were beaten by Chelsea in last year's fifth round but led until the final 15 minutes, when a Nicolas Anelka hat-trick saw the Premier League giants through.Anelka is set to start again tomorrow but Carlo Ancelotti will be without African quartet Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and John Obi Mikel.However, Mackay rejected claims his side were playing Chelsea at the right time.He said: "Chelsea are missing a few but I think they'll just about scrape 11 players together and maybe just manage to name a full bench."They are a quality club with quality players and we are under no illusions about the size of the task we face."It's a good day for the club in terms of finances and we are taking over 6,000 fans so everyone is looking forward to it."A lot of my players have never played against Premier League players before and this is a chance for them to have a look and see what it is all about."For me personally, to test myself against someone like Carlo Ancelotti is a massive challenge and an honour. He has slipped effortlessly into English football and his track record speaks for itself."He is also an Elton John fan I believe so he is all right by me."

Source: Team_Talk