Preston North End have denied that City have made a bid for Lewis Neal.
Said the Preston Chairman Derek Shaw to his club's website: "Lewis Neal is another player's name who has been mentioned. It seems to me that the press just grab names out of the air sometimes and why let the facts get in the way of a good story?
When this Club has got an announcement to make it will be made through the proper channels and not through the gossip column of a newspaper."