George Burley has refuted claims that Saints have accepted a bid from Hull for David Prutton.

Saints turned down a bid from the Tigers for the 25-year-old midfielder last week but Hull manager Phil Brown was quoted at the weekend as saying: "The second bid we made has been accepted by and we have been given permission to talk to him."

Burley, however, insists that Saints have not accepted a second bid from Hull and that Prutton remains a part of his squad.

He said: "There has been no bid accepted from Hull City.

"I've seen that (reports that the bid has been accepted) but there is no change in the situation.

"We turned down a bid last week and there is no change as far as Hull and David is concerned.

"The situation is exactly the same as last week."

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