Ronald Koeman insists Southampton will not sell more star names following his unveiling as manager



Koeman hopes to keep remainder of squad, including Dejan Lovren

He was officially unveiled as Saints boss in a press conference on Friday



Koeman criticised the defender for making public his desire to move

Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw have already left club

Southampton also hope to keep France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin

Striker Dani Osvaldo has failed to return for pre-season and could leave

Koeman interested in signing Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pelle



Ronald Koeman insists Southampton will no longer be a selling club and has told wantaway defender Dejan Lovren he was wrong to make public his desire to leave the Saints.

Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw have already departed St Mary's this summer and at his unveiling as Saints boss on Friday, Koeman was pressed on other key players who have been linked with moves away.

The former Barcelona defender is hopeful he will be able to keep Lovren, as well as midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, insisting the club are determined to hold on to their prize assets from now on.

VIDEO Scroll down for new Southampton boss Ronald Koeman's first press conference



New arrival: Ronald Koeman was officially unveiled as Southampton manager on Friday Together: Koeman wants to keep the remainder of his squad following three high-profile out-goings

Wantaway: Koeman insisted that he wants to keep defender Dejan Lovren and his other key squad members

'The first meeting with (executive director) Les Reed was open and clear,' Koeman said.

'I knew about Lambert, Lallana and Shaw but after that we said, "OK, we are not a selling club - we want to keep the rest of the good players and bring new players in".

'We will continue with the Southampton philosophy which means we like to bring in young players and to continue what they did last season.

'They had a fantastic season last season and still we have ambition to go forward.'

Earlier this week, Lovren expressed his anger that Southampton had not informed him of a bid from Liverpool.

The centre-half was a key part of the Saints' success last season under departed manager Mauricio Pochettino and he is due to return to the club on Sunday before the squad leave for a pre-season tour of Belgium.

'I spoke to Dejan twice and he was very clear about his situation,' Koeman said.

Anfield awaits: Attacking midfielder Adam Lallana moved to Liverpool for £25million Gone: Rickie Lambert moved to boyhood club Liverpool for £4million this summer Farewell: England eft-back Luke Shaw moved to Manchester United for £30million

Staying put: Lovren (centre) wants to go to Liverpool but Koeman does not want anymore out-goings

'I am the new manager I want to keep all the good players - I want to keep Dejan in the team because he is an important player in the team.

'We have to do what the best is for the club. He has a contract, he has to come back this Sunday but I don't know what will happen after this.

'It's football and there is a lot of movement but first of all we like to keep all that information in the club and not in the press. That was not a good thing of his side.'

Koeman added: 'I wasn't happy with his comments in the press.That is not good for the club, for the rest of the players or for himself and we will speak about whether to fine him or not.'

Schneiderlin has been on World Cup duty with France, who were knocked out by Germany in the quarter-finals last week.

The defensive midfielder is due back at Southampton in a fortnight and Koeman is confident the 24-year-old will not be sold.

Keen: Koeman insists there have been no bids for French midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin and he wants to keep him

All smiles: New Saints boss Koeman was in good spirits during his first press conference in charge

'We don't have any bids for Schneiderlin,' Koeman said.

'He is a Southampton player and he will stay a Southampton player.'

Koeman was less certain on the future of Dani Osvaldo, who has failed to return for pre-season.

The troublesome striker was involved in an incident with team-mate Jose Fonte in training in January and spent the second half of last season on loan at Juventus.

'Osvaldo has a contract,' Koeman said.

'What happened last season I don't know, it wasn't my problem. I like to have a really good atmosphere in the team but he hasn't been at Southampton when he was meant to be at Southampton.

'We heard from his agent that he was ill - I haven't spoken to him.

'We will go to Belgium on Sunday and he will come back to train on his own because he is too late and then he will have to speak to the club.'

Uncertain: The future of forward Dani Osvaldo is unclear after he failed to return for pre-season training

Progress: Koeman wants to build on Southampton's success from last season and move forward

Wanted: Koeman is interested in signing Serbian attacking midfielder Dusan Tadic

Southampton's big-money sales have bolstered the club's transfer budget and Koeman has been assured he will be able to reinvest the money into the team.

The Dutch boss has already signed attacking midfielder Dusan Tadic as a replacement for Lallana and a deal is close for striker Graziano Pelle, who he worked with at Feyenoord.

'We are looking at the positions in the squad and we are happy we have Tadic as a new player,' Koeman said.

'Lallana is a great player in this position and we had some other possibilities but Tadic is a great player, a player who scores and makes assists.'

On Pelle, Koeman added: 'A deal is close - it's still not signed but it's coming close. We hope this weekend to have him as the second new player of Southampton.'

