irons turn down bid from fowls

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Iron reject Owls offer for Sharp </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Billy Sharp was key to Scnuthorpe gaining promotion</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Scnuthorpe have turned down a bid from Sheffield Wednesday for Billy Sharp, while Preston have joined the race to sign the striker.

The Owls are believed to have offered &pound;1.5m for 21-year-old Sharp. </p>

&quot;Sheffield Wednesday have made a bid and we have turned it down,&quot; said Scnuthorpe boss Nigel Adkins. </p>

&quot;There is going to be a lot of speculation throughout the summer about Billy as he is a hot property. He is our player and we want him to stay.&quot; </p>

Sharp has been with Scnuthorpe since joining in August 2005 from Sheffield United for a fee of &pound;100,000. </p>

Adkins added: &quot;We have spoken to his agent and both he and Billy are well aware that we want him to stay. </p>

&quot;It is going to be a long summer, it is still early days, and the scenario is that this situation will run and run for the length of the summer. </p>

&quot;But Billy Sharp will not leave unless there is a move that is right for him and Scnuthorpe United are reimbursed accordingly.&quot; </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>