Swans deny McCarthy bid reports

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The 18-year-old, the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, has been linked with a number of clubs on both sides of the border and turned down an offer from Celtic on Thursday.

Reports in Scotland suggested Swans manager Roberto Martinez was prepared to pay up to £4million for McCarthy, but the Welsh club's chairman Huw Jenkins told the Swansea Evening Post: "I thought April Fool's Day was last month. This is fantasy football."

Should the Coca-Cola Championship club decide to make a firm offer for McCarthy, then it would almost certainly eclipse the club-record £400,000 they paid to sign Ashley Williams from Stockport.

Portsmouth have also had a bid - reportedly £500,000 - turned down for the player.

Hamilton boss Billy Reid does not want to lose McCarthy, who signed a new three-year contract last summer, but insists he will not stand in the teenager's way if he wants to leave.