Josh Windass honest over Sheffield Wednesday future and contract talks amid overseas interest

The 30-year-old attacker has become a key figure at Hillsborough since his arrival from Wigan Athletic, scoring many important goals over the years and is seen as a vital cog in the current Owls machine under Danny Röhl.

But after he entered into the last six months of his current deal at the club there has been plenty of speculation over his future, and The Star reported this morning that Major Soccer League outfit, Real Salt Lake, had made contact with the club over a potential transfer, while Club Atlético Talleres of Argentina are another who are said to be keen on him.

When asked about his future at S6, the attacker says he'll be up front with the manager if anything was to happen, and he knows he won't be short of offers if he does eventually end up moving on.

Speaking to the media on Thursday he said, “To be honest I just let my agent deal with that sort of stuff, but obviously I know I’m out of contract and when a player of my quality is on a free I know stuff like that is going to happen… I’m just trying to concentrate on playing well and scoring goals here, and I’ve said that if I was thinking of signing a pre contract or anything like that then I told Danny he’d be the first one I’d go to. But that’s not the case…"

Having confirmed that he hasn't yet been offered a new deal by Wednesday, Windass says that he's focused on his football and trying to keep the Owls in the Championship - though he did reveal that other clubs have been in touch with him.

“It is what it is," he went on to say. "I know there are situations going on with the transfer window, and there are probably more important things to sort out, but I’ve had a good four years here… It doesn’t really matter to me, I just want to keep playing my football and I feel like I’m playing well. Hopefully if I keep doing that then I’ll start scoring the goals I know I can score.

“I’m free in the summer, so I’ve obviously had offers… It’s got nothing to do with location, it’s all about the football. I genuinely just want to concentrate on playing well - I know the better I play the more I might get offered, for instance, and the better I play the better it is for everybody."