Russell Martin has revealed that Swansea City have knocked back a bid from Rangers for their forward Morgan Whittaker.

Ibrox manager Michael Beale has confirmed interest in the front man, but yesterday he was unable to provide an update on any possible transfer.

Now Martin has revealed that Swansea are yet to accept an offer. He said today: "We have rejected an offer from them, that's it."

The bid for the 22-year-old is understood to have been short of the mark of what Swansea were expecting.

Reports have also suggested that League One Ipswich Town have shown interest.

Beale said yesterday: “He is a player that we know. I think he is a good player. There is no update on that yet. To be fair he has just came back to his parent club from a loan and obviously, because his parent club thinks he has done very well.

“So he is Swansea’s player but he is certainly a player that I am aware of from obviously working down south and knowing his background. I think he is a good player.”

Beale had spoken in glowing terms about Norwich midfielder Todd Cantwell – also linked with Rangers – and said: “There is no update right now but I am really pleased with the way things are moving. So I suppose no news doesn’t mean bad news.”

However, on links with Everton midfielder Tom Davies, whom he had also previously praised, Beale said: “There is no interest on our side towards Tom.

“There has been no talk about Tom. I was caught on the hop and I said a couple of nice things about him because he is a young British player that I saw come through as a young player and I am pleased to see his progress.

“He plays for a fantastic football club and I think that’s where he is going to be, he is not going to be a Rangers player in the future.”

Ahead of tonight's trip to Rugby Park, he added: “It should be a good game. We need to go for three points not one and I am sure they are feeling the same after a really good performance at Hampden at the weekend.”