Good players always have more options but we hope Danny Ings stays, claims Ralph Hasenhuttl

However, the Saints managed to keep a hold of their priced-possession although that might not be the case next summer as Ings has eighteen months left on his current contract. While the striker and Southampton are in talks over a new deal, Ralph Hasenhuttl has admitted that he hopes the 28-year-old signs a new deal with the club. The Austrian further added that he knows Ings has options but believes the former Liverpool man can make a big impact on the south-coast.

“It’s very important for us as and I think it’s important for him that he does it and hopefully he is also managed by his agent in this way. He has to make the decision. We know that good players always have more options to go somewhere but I don’t think he wants to go anywhere because he knows what he has with this club. It’s understandable that big clubs are looking at him; this is normal,” Hasenhuttl told the Telegraph.