Wasps director of rugby Dai Young plays down Kurtley Beale speculation

Wasps director of rugby Dai Young has played down rumours that the club are set to sign Australia full-back Kurtley Beale.

The Premiership side have already announced the signings of fly-half Danny Cipriani and Ireland international prop Marty Moore for next season and Wallabies international Beale is reportedly next on the list.

However, while Young admitted that any club would be interested in a player of Beale's quality, he insisted that there was no deal in place for the 27-year-old.

"We constantly say that any quality player who comes on the market, we would be interested in them, but so would 11 other Premiership teams," he said.

"It's unfair for us to talk about players that are not our players. I think we have been pretty consistent in that, really."

Young also pointed to the number of players who have been linked with Wasps as a reason to be wary of such speculation.

"We have signed four players for next season - and been linked with 104," he added.

"I think we have to adopt the policy, really, that when we do sign players, we've announced them. We have been pretty honest with that.

"Would you want Kurtley Beale? Yeah. And we will have the full-back and the winger. I will give you a list if you want."