Walsall striker Troy Deeney claims he will laugh off any speculation linking him with a summer move away from the Banks’s Stadium.

The young forward became hot property last season after a superb second-half of a League One campaign, which he finished as the Saddlers’ 12-goal top scorer.

Premier League Wigan and League One Norwich last season watched the 20-year-old, who is interesting a host of clubs, but Deeney finds the speculation a joke and will continue to ignore it.

He said: “I’ve only been playing professionally for two years, so from going from Chelmsley to being linked to a Premier League team is just funny.

“It’s all paper talk and you can see why people just ignore it.

“I just say to my agent ‘I don’t want to know’ because at the end of the day it will affect how I play.”

Although he admits he is keen to progress, Deeney insists he is happy at the Banks’s Stadium after becoming a fixture in the side.

He said: “I’m not really too fussed. If it happens it happens, but if not I’m happy at Walsall,. I’ve got one more year left on my contract here so we’ll take it from there and see what happens.”