<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Barnsley step up Steele Cup bid </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><div class="storybody"><div class="mvb"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="416" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="bottom"><div class="mvb"><span class="byl">By Jonathan Stevenson </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Steele (right) has been in great form for Davey's Barnsley side</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Barnsley have confirmed they are keen to re-sign keeper Luke Steele on loan from West Brom, enabling him to play in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. </p> Steele, 23, was the Tykes hero as they dumped out Liverpool and Chelsea in the Cup but his loan spell ended on Monday. </p> Barnsley and parent club West Brom want different deals but Barnsley chairman Gordon Shepherd told BBC Sport: "We have not given up on signing Luke. </p> "The two managers are still talking, the deal is not dead by any means." </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 5px"></td><td class="sibStdQuote"><div><div class="mva">We need to get a keeper in for Saturday so a decision has to be made soon </div></div><div class="mva"><div class="mva">Barnsley chairman Gordon Shepherd</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p> The talks have remained deadlocked over whether any move will be permanent and who pays the player's wages, with West Brom having subsidised Steele's wages during his month at Oakwell by paying 60%. </p> West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace says they want Barnsley to pay more for Steele because of the money he has helped them make by reaching the FA Cup semi-finals. </p> They also want Barnsley to sign Steele on a permanent basis at the end of the season. </p> Shepherd added: "The latest situation is that we want to take Luke on loan and West Brom want us to make the deal permanent. </p> "I haven't spoken to West Brom since last week but I know our manager Simon Davey is still in talks with their manager Tony Mowbray about this deal. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 5px"></td><td class="sib606"><div class="sihf">606: DEBATE </div><div class="ibqlinks">Should Barnsley chase Steele or look elsewhere for a keeper?</div></td></tr></tbody></table></p> "I don't know if anyone from Barnsley has spoken to Luke since he returned to West Brom on Monday but he knows we want to keep him." </p> Newspaper reports have linked Barnsley with loan moves for Manchester United keeper Ben Foster and Aston Villa's Thomas Sorensen. </p> Shepherd revealed the Tykes will definitely bring in another keeper on loan this week, whether or not they wrap up a deal for Steele. </p> "We have an important league game against Sheffield United on Saturday and we need to get a keeper in for then, so a decision has to be made soon either way," he said. </p> "Various names have been mentioned in the press but you have to have a back-up plan in case it doesn't go the way you want. </p> "Simon is aware of plenty of keepers he could bring in on loan so we'll see what happens." </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>