Pierre Emile Højbjerg is the captain and focal point in Southampton, but much to suggest that the club have him on borrowed time. The past months have been filled with transferhistorier, and even the director acknowledges that Southampton may have to sell the dane.

Manchester has, according to Martin Semmens, to whom the director is called, has been clear in the saliva of Southampton.

– Let us be clear about Pierre: He has been completely honest with us and action that he sees himself at the very highest level in football. He will win the league, he will win the Champions League either with us or with some others. At one point he must either push us to the level, or switch to somewhere else and do it.

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– If there is a club out there that can win the Champions League, and believes he can improve the team, and they can pay for him, we must let him go, says Semmens to BBC Solent Sport.

– But in the moment there is no real discussion on the next season. It’s about winning the next nine matches, it will make a big difference for us, if we have success with it.

Pierre Emile Højbjerg has a contract with Southampton in a year’s time yet. He has been linked with Tottenham during the spring.