Lecce sports chief Pantaleo Corvino has sought to ease talk of Inter Milan interest for young defender Morten Hjulmand.

The 22 year-old being scouted by Inter this season.

Corvino said, “We always try not to feed rumours that can harm the players.

“Football sometimes leads to this as well."

“Our experience tells us to deny it," he added, “at this stage I deny everything because we're all focused on keeping in the automatic promotion places."