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Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin sets sights on Champions League

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin hopes the club can "shock the country and the world" by securing a route into the Champions League with a top-four finish this season.

The 1-0 victory at Manchester United on Sunday saw the south coast side move up to third in the Premier League table, and Schneiderlin, in an interview with the BBC, said: "We want to put Southampton in the spotlight. That will be a shock for the country and the world.

"We want to reach the Champions League. We want to change this tradition of it being all the big teams. We have to make it happen and to make it happen we need to be focused in every game, to not get 'big time.'

"We are Southampton. We are players like myself who four years ago was playing in League One. Never forget where you have come from.

"Hopefully we can do something special. We are believing we can but if we don't, the most important thing is to get Europe for Southampton."

Schneiderlin has been linked with a move away from the club, with United and Arsenal reported to be interested parties.

And on the prospect of him leaving St Mary's, the 25-year-old France international added: "That's up to everyone's personal choices and the club's choice.

"We are going to see where we are going to finish and what everyone's going to do but right now I can't predict anything.''

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