Bath Rugby coach Gary Gold has denied that the club have completed the signing of London Irish centre Jonathan Joseph.
It has been suggested that the 21-year-old had all but secured a deal with Bath, but Gold has played down talk of a move.
"Centre is an area we are looking at, as well as back row and prop and number nine. But just because it's clear as day, we are looking at an area, I think it's irresponsible to link names to it," he told BBC Sport.
"I'm not sure where all this speculation comes from. Unfortunately when you see ridiculous statements being written in certain rugby journals you have to wonder what their source is. They seem to just pluck things out of the sky.
"But that's the way the world is. As far as I'm concerned we need to just crack on with what we do."
Joseph is regarded as one of the best young talents in England.
