Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has quashed speculation over a possible move away from the club by captain Billy Sharp.
Sharp, 33, is under contract at Bramall Lane until June 2021 after signing a new two-year deal in February, but has made just one Premier League start this season.
“You can read hundreds of thousands of reports about us being linked with players and players being linked with us,” Wilder said.
“He’s a talented player, who has done fantastically well. He doesn’t want to go anywhere, I don’t want him to go anywhere.
“So as far as I’m concerned, that’s the end of the conversation with him.”
“I’m absolutely battering (head of recruitment) Paul Mitchell,” he said. “Every couple of hours (I’m asking): ‘Is anything happening? Are we moving on anything?’.
“He would if he could, but the majority of the time it’s patience and waiting and that’s what we have to do.
“We’ve put a lot of work into this window. It’s an important window for us, with the ‘outs’ just as much as the ‘ins’, to get that balance right.
“We’re working very hard and I’m sure when Paul has some news for me, then we’ll move on that.
“I’m quite impatient, but sometimes other people aren’t as quick to do the deals as maybe I am.”
