Hamilton boss Martin Canning insists he will not stand in the way of Ali Crawford and the riches available in England.

The Accies playmaker has been Canning's stand-out performer so far this season after netting a goal almost every other game.

The forward has long been tipped for a move away from the SuperSeal Stadium, but, at 25, he is approaching his peak.

Canning insists he has yet to receive a firm offer from anyone south of the border, but reckons it is inevitable big-spending English clubs will come calling.

And he admits it will be hard for his club to resist when they cannot compete with the kind of life-changing sums potential suitors will be able to offer Crawford.

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Canning said: "There has been no interest so far, but I know there has been a lot of talk about Ali because he is playing really well.

"As a club, if something was to happen for Ali that would allow him to move on we will wish him all the best. We'd see it as a success from our point of view because we'd have taken someone from our academy and helped them move on to a higher level.

"If that happens we will have to deal with it. As a manager you want to keep hold of your best players, but I understand these guys put a lot of work in.

"Everyone knows this club is about giving people a opportunity, but you're never going become wealthy playing for Hamilton.

"You need to move on to the higher levels to earn money and have a nice career for yourself. If we can help along the way that's something we will try and do."

Accies will be hoping to shake off their draw-specialist tag when they travel to Inverness this weekend.

Seven of the Lanarkshire side's last nine fixtures have ended in stalemate, but Canning believes it shows his side are improving on last term's campaign, which was at one point blighted by a nine-game stretch without victory.

"It's a strange run," he said. "We've had a lot of draws. It's something we have discussed and maybe next time we can be a bit more positive when we go ahead in a game. If we can score a second and third goal hopefully that will change our mentality.

"The mood is still good even after this run we've had. The boys know we are performing well. With a little break here or there we could have had a two or three wins.

"They are not down, that's for sure. It's strange as you could lose heavily two or three times, but win two games and you'll move right up the table - or you can be like us and be pretty consistent, pick up six draws but not really move. It's a strange league.

"But I think the boys are definitely progressing. Last year was erratic. One week we were poor then the next we'd up. This season we've been far more consistent - we'd just like to turn a few more of the draws into wins."