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LEEDS UNITED`S promising starlet Paul Robinson has slammed rumours that he has handed in a transfer request at Elland Road.
The England hopeful is staggered by speculation appearing in certain media outlets, suggesting that he wants to leave the Yorkshiremen, after losing his place to fit-again Nigel Martyn.
"I am very disappointed," he complained. "I have not put in a transfer request and I have no intention of doing so.
"I think it`s just wild speculation because I`ve been left out of the first team recently. People have over-reacted.
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"I`ve been here at Leeds since I was 14 and I`ve supported the club since I was a boy.
"It`s been a dream come true to get those 20 games under my belt and, if someone, had told me that, at the start of the season, I`d have said that would be fantastic," he told the official Leeds website.
"I`ve no idea where this rumour has come from but, as far as I`m concerned, it`s just rubbish. I am working extra hard now to try to get my place back in the Leeds team.
Robinson had earlier stated:"It`s a hard thing for any player to deal with when he is dropped. The longer I`m out of the Leeds side then I think it will eventually impact upon my chances of being in the England set-up.
"But I know I just have to work extra hard to get my place back."
Presumably, some misinformed sources interpreted these comments as hinting that the young shot-stopper wants to leave Elland Road, but it appears as though this is very wide of the mark.
Leeds have already had to contend with reports linking Martyn with a £5 million move to Liverpool this week, which was flatly denied by both parties, and it seems as though the two-into-one scenario involving the goalkeeping slot will keep the rumour-mongers happy for several more weeks yet.
