Sheffield United has denied reports it has offered a contract to disgraced footballer Ched Evans.
The striker has been released from prison after serving half of a five-year sentence for raping a 19-year-old in a hotel room in Rhyl, North Wales.
The club's co-chairmen Kevin McCabe and Jim Phipps said they had not yet made a decision about whether to re-employ Evans.
"An article in The Sun today (Saturday 18 October) that Sheffield United has offered a contract to former player Ched Evans is false and damaging to the club," they said in a joint statement.
"We have made a statement on this matter previously and the lack of credibility and substance from this latest media report does not warrant any expansion from previous comments apart from noting that we are continuing to deliberate on any long-term decision about Ched Evans."
It came after a petition to block Evans returning to Bramall Lane reached more than 151,000.
The 25-year-old left Wymott Prison, near Leyland, Lancashire, in a silver Mercedes on Friday.
A statement posted on his website from his family and girlfriend Natasha Massey said he would "continue the fight to clear his name".
"Chedwyn Evans maintains his absolute innocence and his family, friends and many who know the true facts of the case believe that his conviction was a gross miscarriage of justice."
The Welsh international admitted having sex with the woman, who told the jury she had no memory of the incident.
The prosecution said the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was too drunk to consent to sexual intercourse.
Port Vale defender Clayton McDonald also admitted having sex with the victim, but was found not guilty of the same charge.
Earlier this week, TV presenter Judy Finnigan apologised after she said on the ITV show Loose Women that his crime was "not violent" and did not cause "bodily harm".
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