Derby County target Jacob Butterfield says he’d be happy to stay at Huddersfield Town if the transfer window shuts without him moving.
With speculation over his future ongoing, and heightened in the wake of Derby’s 2-1 home defeat by Leeds United, the midfielder admits he’ll be as relieved as Town boss Chris Powell when the deadline passes at 6.00pm on Tuesday.
Sources suggest persistent Derby, who like Town, have yet to win this season, have made five unsuccessful bids for the 25-year-old.
Butterfield joined Town from Middlesbrough for a reported £800,000 a year ago and is now rated in the £3.5m-plus bracket.
Asked where he thinks his future lies, he replied: “It’s not for me to decide really.
“The club have said, both publicly and privately to me, that it will take a really big bid for me to be sold.
“Whether one comes in is out of my hands.”
Butterfield, whose is contracted to 2018, shrugged off the transfer talk to produce another bright performance at home to Queens Park Rangers, although Town lost 1-0 to drop to third-bottom in the Championship.
He added: “It’s all been very public and a bit stressful. I’m constantly getting asked about what is happening.
“I have just tried to focus on doing what I can do on the pitch for Huddersfield.
“It’s almost a relief to get out on the pitch and just think about football. That’s what I’m paid to do at the end of the day.
“Hopefully I have put in a few decent performances and shown that while ever I am a Huddersfield Town player, I am fully committed to the club.
“The fans here have been great with me since I signed. I enjoy playing in front of them.
“My contract has another three years to run, and if nothing happens, I am quite happy to carry on as usual.”
Of the QPR defeat, Butterfield said: “I thought they were fortunate to win and we were unlucky not to win.
“They punished us for a bit of sloppy defending and a few of their players admitted they robbed us.”
