Sheffield Wednesday boss Brian Laws has confirmed that Notts County have shown interest in central defender Richard Wood but says no other club has been in contact and no one has made a firm offer. Wood, who has been transfer-listed by the Owls, was targeted by Town towards the end of August.
Laws says that with the deadline for emergency loans November 26th, any deals will have to come soon: "There is a two-week opportunity where things have got to move quickly.
"While Notts County have made a move, we are waiting for others. No one has made a firm offer. At the end of the day, we have got to the stage where we might have to auction him."
The Wednesday boss, a Nottingham Forest team-mate of Roy Keane’s, says a switch to League Two may not appeal to Wood: "Everybody knows that Notts County will probably be paying fairly good money that we couldn't match, but is it Richard Wood's cup of tea? I would be surprised if he even considered it.”
Coventry City are also understood to be interested in the 24-year-old Osset-born defender.
Meanwhile, Bohemians keeper Brian Murphy, who is set to join the Blues on a free transfer at the end of the Irish season, has been called into the Republic of Ireland squad for their World Cup play-offs against France. It is the 26-year-old’s first senior call.