SPECULATION regarding a move to bring Grimsby striker Lee Ashcroft to Turf Moor appears to be wide of the mark.

A Sunday paper reported that the Clarets had made a £650,000 bid for the former Preston front man.

But there has been no approach to the Mariners and certainly no offer made for the 27-year-old, who is desperate to get away from Grimsby after a fall-out with boss Alan Buckley.