SHAKERS starlets will not be sold on the cheap amid Premier League interest, insists Bury chairman Stewart Day.

Bury have rejected six-figure bids for a number of youth team players and Day is adamant he will not be pushed by top-flight clubs who are circling some of his prized assets.

There has been an increase in scouts attending youth and first-team matches, with clubs as reputable as Chelsea visiting as recently as Bury’s home clash with Bradford earlier this month, where under-16s striker Rob Harker was named as a substitute.

Other players understood to be attracting interest are 17-year-old goalkeeper Jack Ruddy and 15-year-old Will Ferry.

And in a bid to build a sustainable club the chairman hopes to develop and sell players on to top clubs, but only if it comes at the right price.

“We have had bids in from two or three Premier League clubs currently,” Day confirmed. “One’s for a 15-year-old and one’s for a 16-year-old, but the time has got to be right for us and it’s also got to be right for the player.

“The key thing is what we’ll do will be on Bury Football Club’s terms, it’s not on the terms of the other clubs that are trying to pinch these players.

“I think the reputation Bury are getting in the footballing world is that we are producing good quality players.

“We have seen an influx of scouts coming to academy games and they are looking and thinking ‘we are not just going to pinch these players from Bury’.

“The bids we have had for two of these players have been far in excess of six figures.

“One of the remits that we had to go to Carrington was to start developing the academy – that was the key factor for us.

“It wasn’t just about the first team, although it has had an impact in being able to recruit players for the first team.

“This club hasn’t really developed any players through its academy system and been able to sell them on before.

“It’s part of the business plan.”