The Scot­land inter­na­tion­al’s con­tract expires at the end of this sea­son, mean­ing he would be able to leave for free should he not sign a new deal.

Adams can speak to for­eign clubs about sign­ing a pre-con­tract ahead of the sum­mer but there is report­ed­ly inter­est in him from Eng­lish clubs.

The Tele­graph reports that Wolves, Ever­ton and Not­ting­ham For­est are all inter­est­ed in sign­ing the 26 year old ahead of next sea­son.

Wolves are believed to be in the mar­ket for an out-and-out strik­er, a void which Adams could fit at Molineux.

He has scored 10 goals in the Cham­pi­onship this sea­son, a num­ber only bet­tered by team­mate Adam Arm­strong for Southamp­ton this sea­son.

Adams has four sea­sons of Pre­mier League expe­ri­ence with Southamp­ton. He played 124 top-flight games in that time, scor­ing 25 times. 

Speak­ing to Saints’ match­day pro­gramme, Adams said: “Southamp­ton will always play a part in our lives and espe­cial­ly my daugh­ter’s life. A club like Southamp­ton is a Pre­mier League team.

“Any team that’s come here this sea­son can see how well estab­lished and how big the club is, in terms of fan­base and in terms of the staff around the place as well.

“It’s a Pre­mier League club. For me per­son­al­ly, it’s just about — and I said it in a state­ment at the end of last sea­son — get­ting the club back to where it should be again because that’s where we deserve to be.”