Leeds United and Celtic are among the clubs said to be tracking the Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper.
Jos Luhukay has revealed that Sheffield Wednesday have yet to receive contact from any club regarding Keiren Westwood, with the goalkeeper said to be attracting interest from Leeds United and Celtic, among others.
The Sun reported on Tuesday that Southampton are chasing Westwood as Fraser Forster’s replacement, but claimed that Leeds and Celtic are also keen.
Speaking via Wednesday’s official Facebook page on Thursday, however, manager Luhukay said: “I cannot say about the situation in the newspapers, nobody has made contact with us.
“At this moment, Keiren is couple of months not available for us. So he’s now working hard and intensively to come back. What the future is bringing us we will see.”
Republic of Ireland international Westwood has spent four seasons at Hillsborough, winning player of the year in two of those.
However, he has not played since December owing to various injury problems, allowing youngsters Joe Wildsmith and Cameron Dawson to impress in his absence.
And when asked about the fight to be Wednesday’s number one next season, Luhukay gave no assurances to Westwood.
“I live not in the past, I live in the future,” replied the Dutchman. “From the first day and from the first game it was Joe Wildsmith and Cammy Dawson there, and Joe is throughout my time now the number one. But I say before, Joe has made a fantastic impression in the last months and has made progression in his young career.
“But there is also Cammy, he is a fantastic goalkeeper, he let us see this in the FA Cup games so I’m very happy with these young, talented players.
“Every player must work for his position, every player must hard work to come back to the squad and, of course, the last step is the first 11. But that is the future and that’s why I live not in the past.”
He added: “(The positions) must be always open for me. Everyone must have the intention to play in the first 11 and, whether it’s the goalkeepers or the players, everyone has a chance to show their quality and see how things are at the end.
“But it is far away from us, we must first play our remaining three games, and then we aim for a good pre-season ahead of the new season.”
Westwood is set to enter the final year of his contract at Sheffield Wednesday, whose precarious financial situation could see offers entertained for the likes of the 33-year-old.
Whether Leeds United, Celtic or Southampton will bid for him, however, remains to be seen at this stage.
Leeds are trialling their third goalkeeper of the campaign in Bailey Peacock-Farrell, while Celtic have yet to make a decision about Scott Bain’s Parkhead future.
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