Racing 92 deny signing Owen Farrell for next season

Racing 92 have denied media reports that England captain Owen Farrell has agreed to join the Top 14 club.

The Saracens out-half, who is missing the Six Nations to look after his mental heath, is poised for a move to the French side, according to Midi Olympique and L'Equipe, who differ on whether it would be on a two or three-year contract.

Farrell became England's leading points scorer at the World Cup and is out of contract at Saracens at the end of the season.

Racing 92 are coached by former England chief and Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster, who gave Farrell his international debut in 2012.

A Racing statement said: "Racing 92 is regularly under the aegis of numerous speculations concerning movements within its workforce.

"We are delighted with the appeal of our club Racing 92. However, we deny any agreement concerning the English player Owen Farrell."

The 32-year-old has spent all of his career at Saracens and the RFU currently has a policy of only selecting England-based players.

Farrell has given England coach Steve Borthwick no indication of when he plans to return to international duty and is also likely to be unavailable for the summer tour to Japan and New Zealand.

"We are all hopeful Owen will return to the England team at some point soon, but that’s going to be a decision Owen makes," Borthwick said.

"Owen and I spoke right at the end of the World Cup. We were actually in Paris. We took a walk and he shared some of his thoughts and what he was thinking at that point in time.

"Then he took a period of reflecting and we met a couple of weeks later and he told me of his decision to step away. He expressed some of his feelings, which is clearly a confidential conversation.

"The first thing I’ll say there is I’m full of