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"I have certainly not heard anything to do with a move to Burnley," said Lumsdon. "As far as I am concerned I am going to be at Barnsley working hard for next season after my form was not as good as it should have been last season. I want to get back to the form that I showed two years ago when I came to Barnsley on loan.
"I know there have been clubs sniffing around but I don’t want to know about it until Barnsley tell me otherwise. The club will have to accept a bid or tell me they want me to go before that changes. As far as I am concerned I am at Barnsley and I want to stay at Barnsley."
So Lumsdon is more than happy to continue playing for a struggling 2nd Division side rather than look at the chance to move up a division with the Clarets.
The 23 year-old midfielder signed for Barnsley from Sunderland in December 2001 after an initial loan period and cost the Tykes £350,000. He played in both games against the Clarets that season and in fact scored his first Barnsley goal against us in the 3-3 Turf Moor draw when he scored from the penalty spot at the Bee Hole End.
He only played in two league games for Sunderland and before joining Barnsley most of his first team experience had come in short loan spells with Blackpool and Crewe. But, injury apart, he has been a regular in the Barnsley midfield making 57 league appearances for them and scoring 8 goals.