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Saints rubbish Shorey reports

SOUTHAMPTON have dismissed reports linking them with a move for Reading defender Nicky Shorey.

Reports over the weekend suggested that Southampton were lining up a move for the left back as a possible replacement for Chelsea target Wayne Bridge.

Shorey is highly-regarded at Reading and is contracted with the club until the summer of 2005.

Southampton are remaining coy over the future of England international Bridge, but Saints chairman Rupert Lowe insists the club have no interest in Shorey.

"There is no truth in that at all," Lowe told the club's official website