Saints striker Billy Sharp has denied reports he has agreed to join Reading.

The 27-year-old, whose future has been the subject of much speculation, does seem likely to depart St Mary’s this summer with a number of Championship clubs vying for his signature.

Newspaper reports this morning suggested that Sharp had agreed to link up with Nigel Adkins, the man who signed him for Saints and is now charge of the Royals, after the clubs agreed a £1.2m fee.

It went on to suggest that Sharp had already passed a medical, while other wild internet rumours suggested he had failed a medical.

However, Sharp took to Twitter to put the record straight and deny that any of it was true.

He wrote: “Don't believe what you read. My loan’s finished at Forest, I have two years left at Saints.

“Just for the record, I haven’t had no medical at Reading.”

Sharp only joined Saints in January 2012, a £1.8m signing from Doncaster, and won hero status by firing nine goals in 15 appearances that helped Saints to automatic promotion to the Premier League.

However, Sharp featured in the first two top flight games of the season as a sub and scored in a League Cup tie before being sent out on loan to Nottingham Forest for the remainder of the campaign ahead of the transfer window closing.

Sharp again proved himself an adept lower league goalscorer as he bagged ten goals in 12 starts and six sub appearances during his spell at Forest, who are also understood to be interested in signing him this summer.