Barnsley boss Simon Davey is hopeful of holding onto captain Brian Howard.
"I read things in the paper week in, week out he is going here and there and it is becoming laughable. Until a manager phones me and tells me he is offering x amount for Brian Howard we will not discuss it.
"You always want to keep your best players and to have a midfielder who has chipped in with 14 goals means I would be stupid if I said I wanted Brian to move on."