Swansea City boss Brendan Rodgers says he is "not concerned" that Scott Sinclair's red hot form could attract interest from richer clubs.The 21-year-old winger, who only joined from Chelsea in August for a bargain £500,000 fee, has scored seven goals in his first eight games for the Swans.
"He has been in incredible form since he has come in and he's just enjoying his football," said Rodgers.
"He's a Premier League talent, no question."
Rodgers brought Bath-born Sinclair to Chelsea as a 15-year-old when he was in charge of the youth side of the Premier League champions.
Sinclair, who has represented England at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-20 level, had short spells on loan at Plymouth and Queens Park Rangers in 2007.
The following year, he had further brief spells at Charlton and Crystal Palace before being loaned to Birmingham for five months at the start of 2009.
Then last season, Sinclair spent the season on loan at Premier League side Wigan Athletic, but made just one start in the league on top of 17 substitute appearances, and scored one goal.
He finally left Chelsea for good in August and became new Swans boss Rodgers' first signing in a deal that could reach a club-record £1m with potential add-ons.
"I thank my friends at Chelsea for that," added Rodgers. "He had a number of other possibilities that he could have gone with.
"But Scott needed to find a home and I've known his game inside out as a player and a person.
"He wanted to come somewhere where he was going to play and be loved and ultimately improve his game. It's nice to be back with him again, help him with his game and hopefully help become part of a very good team."
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Sinclair made his debut in the 4-0 Championship win over Preston North End last month, but his first goal game in the 3-1 Carling Cup second round win over Tranmere Rovers.
He scored a goal in each of the 1-0 win over Burnley, the 2-1 win over Coventry and 2-0 defeat of Scunthorpe as well as claiming a hat-trick in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Peterborough in the Carling Cup.
That has already sparked speculation that he could attract interest from other clubs.
But Rodgers said: "I'm not concerned at all. I speak with Scott regularly and funnily enough spoke to him this morning in relation to it.
"If he was to leave here today, it would put him in the same boat he was in before he came. The boy needs to play football over the next two or three seasons.
"He's at a club he loves, he's in an area of the country that he loves and everyone's taken to him.
"He's a good boy who knows he's still got a lot to learn and I think his development over the next two or three seasons will only come through playing games.
"It's nice that he's in good form and a player of that quality will always have speculation around him, but at this moment there's no problem."
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport