In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, former footballer and current pundit Carlton Palmer has been discussing Danny Ings' future with Southampton.

The striker joined the Saints on a permanent deal from Liverpool in 2019 and has been superb for the Saints ever since, with 39 goals and nine assists to his name in just 78 appearances for the South Coast club.

The 28-year-old striker, who earns £75k per week at Southampton, has enjoyed another superb start to this campaign, after grabbing 22 goals in the top-flight last season, having contributed six goals and three assists in just 10 top-flight appearances, averaging a superb 7.23 rating.

However, there is some concern that the England international could potentially depart Southampton in the near future, with Tottenham Hotspur having been linked with a move for Ings during the summer, whilst his contract with the Saints is set to expire at the end of next season.

Here's what Palmer had to say about Ings' future with Southampton when speaking exclusively to Football FanCast...

"If you're Danny Ings, if you're the manager and you're in the top three. Are you going to leave there to go to Leicester [or] Everton? No, because you're in third position. Unless you're going to a Man United, and that might be questionable at the moment, but certainly Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, right. Unless those top clubs who you know are regularly going to challenge for major honours, why would you leave?

"With the Premier League the way that it is, and the revenue that comes with the Premier League, I don't see that there's going to be an issue for Southampton to pay Danny Ings the wages he would want, or to pay the manager the wages he would want. So, for me, there's no need to leave."

Palmer seems confident that Southampton will be able to keep Ings, as he rightly questions why the striker would want to leave when the Saints are performing so well at the moment.

Therefore, unless one of the so-called 'big four' come in for Ings in future transfer windows, there seems no reason why he won't extend his stay with the South Coast club.

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