DAVIDSON KEEN TO SEE OFF INTEREST IN PLAYERS

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The transfer window will shut on Tuesday night and Saints may yet have to fend off interest in some of their star players.

Davidson said: “There will be an interesting four or five days to come now.

“I’m obviously hoping we bring in more players rather than sell players. We’ll see what happens. It’s football.

“Some of our players have played really well. Ali McCann was outstanding again. That’s all four games in Europe he has played really well. He’s a terrific young talent, but that’s only if the price is right.”

LASK boss Dominik Thalhammer certainly won’t be on Davidson’s Christmas card list.

The pair exchanged words on the touchline and the Saints manager made his feelings clear about a word Thalhammer used after the first leg.

“Their coach made a comment last week about us being disgusting and I let it go because maybe it got lost in translation,” he said.

“But having been there tonight, I now know that wasn’t right.

“It’s disappointing to come across another manager who acts the way he did, because I want to respect every manager. I’ll always conduct myself that way.”

Davidson added: “I was surprised Uefa gave us a German referee for a game against an Austrian team – that’s like us getting an Irish or a Welsh one.

“I told my staff beforehand to be careful with the officials, because they and the Austrians would understand each other.

“Listen, things happen sometimes on the touchline, sometimes you make mistakes with things you say, but you always apologise for them. I always put my hands if I’ve been in the wrong.”