Motherwell have denied receiving a transfer bid for manager Jens Berthel Askou amid reports linking the Dane with French Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Berthel Askou has made an extraordinary impact at Fir Park since taking charge last summer, with his side on the fringes of the Scottish Premiership for a time and on the brink of securing European football. Before arriving in Scotland, the 43-year-old Dane was assistant at FC Copenhagen and has had spells at clubs in his homeland, Sweden and the Faroe Islands. He had been linked with Celtic and it is now been reported that he is attracting interest from mid-table Ligue 1 side Toulouse, with their head coach Carles Martínez Novell leaving at the end of the season. "I would much rather speak about the game, so the answer will be very short, or as short as I can give it," Askou told BBC Sport Scotland before Wednesday's game with Celtic. "There has been many things written about this wonderful football club and what we have achieved, and also speculation and links about me and especially a lot of the players, which I all take as a positive sign that we are doing something right. "That's all I can comment on or want to comment about that."