Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin last night reacted angrily to claims by chairman Ralph Krueger that he will not be sold this summer.

With former manager Mauricio Pochettino believed to be inter­ested in Schneiderlin and forward Jay Rodriguez joining him at Tot­tenham, Krueger declared neither will be permitted to leave the club.

However, within hours Schneid­erlin tweeted on his personal Twit­ter account: “Six years on an amaz­ing journey #saintsfc destroyed in one hour.”

It was also pointed out that Sch­neiderlin then stopped following Southampton’s own official ac­count on the social media site.

So far this transfer window, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Dejan Lovren have moved to Liv­erpool while Luke Shaw has signed for Manchester United and Arsenal have taken Calum Chambers to the Emirates Stadium, with South­ampton pocketing almost £100m (Dh622m) for the combined deals.

But Krueger, amid pressure from Saints supporters to speak up, said: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schnei­derlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.

“With the exception of Shaw, all of the players who have left the club have moved to sides which will be competing in the Champions League next season.

“We entered the transfer window with a plan. We have a clear strate­gic approach to this summer and we did not put any players up for sale.”