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Steve Cotterill, in response to the speculation, has said today: "There are a lot of clubs looking at John, but unfortunately for them he is our player. He's registered and on forms with us, so nobody can nick him, and that's really where it stands.
"There's a lot of speculation that we didn't really want, but scouts and agents all talk and we're just very lucky that we have a good 14-year-old with us.
"He's a special talent for his age, which is why everybody wants him. He's a big strong lad who scores goals, but we want him to be a bit older and be a special talent with, and for us, so anyone playing games with John at the moment is not doing him any favours.
"To be honest, I'm actually quite chuffed about it. I never had anyone phoning about anybody when I first came here, and now we've got some really good young players that everybody wants. We're quite flattered by that at Burnley really."
Big Vince Overson, the head of youth development at Turf Moor added: "We can never stop speculation about young players in the tabloids. However, we must be doing something right at this club and we just want to keep producing players that can go into our first team.
"In the last few years we have done that and we will continue to concentrate on looking after and nurturing our young players."