Messages on the Shotsweb messageboard had been linking the player with a move to the Recreation Ground but Prentice told the paper, "Richard came to see us last season, was very impressed and very interested in signing.
"He was, though, in his testimonial year at Coventry and had another really good season there so the deal didn't go through. There has been no approach whatsoever this summer."
With thanks to the Aldershot News.