St Etienne boss Christophe Galtier has told RMC he has not been approached by Newcastle United to become their new full-time coach.
John Carver was confirmed as Newcastle's interim boss until the end of the Premier League season on Monday.
Galtier, 48, has repeatedly been linked with the position at St James' Park following his impressive work at St Etienne, who are currently fourth in Ligue 1, particularly given his club's limited financial resources.
However, the man who was formerly assistant coach to Alain Perrin at Marseille and Portsmouth insisted there had been no contact with the Magpies.
"No," Galtier, whose current deal runs through to 2016, replied simply when asked whether Newcastle had been in touch. "I'm under contract, so my future could lie with St Etienne. Things are clear between the board and me."
Galtier and former Lyon boss Remi Garde remain frontrunners to be appointed as a permanent replacement for Alan Pardew, who left Newcastle in late December to take over at Crystal Palace.
Meanwhile, Galtier will focus on St Etienne's Ligue 1 challenge, which is unlikely to receive much of a boost during the January window.
Following a serious knee injury to midfielder Renaud Cohade, Les Verts have brought in former Celtic midfielder Landry Nguemo this month, but have otherwise been dormant in January.
Galtier expressed his wish that, to maintain squad unity, the winter window be scrapped, saying: "As a coach, I would prefer that. It would be so much easier to handle, especially for the players. That would allow them to hold on as long as possible in difficult times.
"Now, a player who starts the season can leave before the end of the summer window. And if things don't go well for him between September and October, he is already looking at what will happen in the winter window. He might just give up.
"That can have an impact on the atmosphere in the dressing-room. And it's even more serious if the player doesn't have an opportunity to leave during winter, because you're going to carry him around with you for another five months. If there wasn't that possibility, things would be much clearer at the start of the season, and it would be healthier."