Saints will not be signing Wesley Sneijder in January.

The Dutch midfielder has been linked heavily with a move to Saints over the past week, partly because he shares an agent with Ronald Koeman.

However, that link also means that Koeman knows that Saints could not afford him.

Koeman smiled: “I am interested but we can’t pay him.

“I know that because his agent is my agent.

“There is nothing in that.”