Bayer Leverkusen have not received any offers for goalkeeper Bernd Leno, according to the club's CEO Michael Schade.
According to German tabloid Bild, 23-year-old Leno has an €18 million release clause he can trigger this summer.
has linked the Leverkusen keeper with a switch to Real Madrid, who reportedly rate him as highly as Manuel Neuer, Thibaut Courtois or David De Gea, with the latter frequently named a potential target.
that the Champions league holders have taken the first steps in moves that will see No. 1 Iker Casillas finally leave the club this summer after 18 years.
But Leverkusen have played down links of Leno being recruited as Casillas' replacement, with Schade telling : "Nothing has arrived here, and nobody has contacted us. It's just one of many rumours."
Leno is one of the Bundesliga's up-and-coming keepers, and his performances for Leverkusen in the Champions League knockout stage against Atletico Madrid have brought him to wider attention outside of Germany.
The 23-year-old joined Leverkusen from Stuttgart in the summer of 2011, and has missed only two league games through injury since. He has played in every one Leverkusen's last 83 league games, and has made a total of 112 consecutive appearances for his club.
Leno is currently competing with Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen for the No. 1 spot in Germany's under-21 squad for the European Championship in the Czech Republic this summer.
While the Leverkusen man took to the field in the 2-2 draw with Italy late last week, his rival played in the 3-2 defeat to England on Tuesday.
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