Frank Lampard has poured cold water on Blackburn Rovers' interest in Coventry City striker Brandon Thomas-Asante.
Sky Sports claimed Rovers have lodged a £1.75million bid for the forward, who they tried to sign previously when he was at Salford City. The Lancashire Telegraph understands he is a player of interest but it's unclear whether an offer has been lodged.
Lampard played down the chances of Thomas-Asante leaving Coventry in the near future despite a lack of game time.
"Not as far as I'm concerned. He is our player, and remains so," Lampard told Coventry Live.
"There is always going to be speculation. We get linked with players, half of which are nonsense. The rumour mill and actually what happens are two different things.
"At the minute it doesn't mean anything to me, other than the squad that we've got, we're missing some big players, three very important players. We have to get every ounce out of the squad that we've got currently. If we can improve it, then we will try and do that.
"I back him [Thomas-Asante]. I like him as a lad, he trains with a great attitude. He wants to train and be active, I think there has been an improvement in the last couple of weeks from getting back into the team, which has maybe given him a lift. Now, he needs to work more, but he's the same as the other strikers in the team.
"We work a lot on finishing, we have a pretty high xG but we create chances. We haven't scored enough in the ten games, though, through our strikers. I can be honest about that because that's the brutal reality of it.
"When you're competing with others to get in the team, you get your opportunity in the team, there comes a time when you have to produce the end bit, which is what we want. For all the strikers here, that's something we really have to focus on and becoming more clinical when your chances come."
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