No bids received for Hunt, insists Coppell

THERE was confusion about the future of Irish winger Stephen Hunt last night with some reports claiming the Reading had accepted a bid from Wigan for the player, a claim denied by Royals boss Steve Coppell.

The former Brentford midfielder is believed to have a clause in his contract that allows him to speak to any club that is prepared to offer £5 million (€5.3m) and the Latics have reportedly tabled a bid of that figure.

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is a known admirer of Hunt and has money to spend after selling Emile Heskey to Aston Villa for £3.5m (€3.7m) yesterday just two days after Wilson Palacios moved to Spurs for a figure of around £14m (€14.8m).