Walsall manager Chris Hutchings has reassured Saddlers fans the club are under no pressure to sell their top stars this month.

But the Banks’s Stadiun boss admits he might have to cash in if the money is right, now the transfer window has opened.

Troy Deeney and Manny Smith have been linked with moves away, although Peterborough’s interest in Deeney has cooled since they agreed to loan Reuben Reid from Albion.

Hutchings insists the Saddlers are well placed to keep their stars, but knows some offers could be too good to refuse.

He said: “We’re in a position where we don’t have to sell, but if the right offer came in which we felt was beneficial for the club then we might have to look at it.

“Everyone has a price, we obviously want to keep them but who knows who is going to phone up. But we don’t have to sell anyone, that’s for sure.”

Hutchings has praised the Saddlers’ board for ensuring their manager isn’t under pressure to balance the books.

He said: “The club shows that by being one of the few teams who were run in the black last year.

“You go through these times where you lose two or three home games to the weather and it does hit you financially.

“But this club is run like a tight ship, we get on with it and they’re fantastic in running it how they do.”

The Saddlers are desperate to play and it will be three weeks without a game before they travel to Southend in League One on Saturday.

Even then the big freeze could claim the game, with temperatures in the east set to plummet and Hutchings admits events are out of his control.

He said: “We just want a game, as a professional footballer you train all week and you train to play.

“With the cold weather as it is I imagine it may be in doubt, but we’ll see as the week goes on.”