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Nigel Adkins has warned the Premier League big guns to forget about prising teenage sensation Luke Shaw away from Southampton.

Whizkid Shaw, 17 – nicknamed the “new Gareth Bale” – is a January transfer target for Arsenal and Chelsea.

Saints yesterday revealed Shaw has already signed a three-year pro contract at the St Mary’s Stadium and will be offered an improved deal when he turns 18.

Adkins, whose side host fellow strugglers Reading tomorrow, said: “Luke is very happy where he is. He is in the first team, he has got great people around him and his future is very bright.

“If Southampton are in the Premier League, there is no better place for any of our young players. They have more chance of first-team football here than elsewhere.”