Derby have not received any offers for the highly-rated midfielder Will Hughes, according to manager Nigel Clough.
Arsenal in particular have been linked with a January move for the talented 17-year-old, who became the second youngest player to represent the England Under-21 side when he made his debut for the Young Lions as a second-half substitute during the 2-0 win over Northern Ireland on Tuesday night.
Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City, who now have former Rams chief executive Tom Glick among their ranks, and Liverpool are also reportedly interested in Hughes.
"It's inevitable Will will attract attention, there are not many 17-year-old's playing in the Championship at his level," said Clough. "To get the recognition at Under-21 level is testament to that.
"We are aware he is being watched, we see the list of scouts and the clubs they represent but we have heard nothing from them. There have been no firm bids from anyone."
Derby defender John Brayford has also been linked with West Ham but Clough added: "Has he? That's the first I've heard of that one. Again, it wouldn't surprise me though if clubs were looking at him."
Cooper quit nearly three weeks ago after Pools had slipped to the bottom of the table with only one league win all season and former Hull boss Phil Brown was quickly installed as a hot tip to replace him.
Brown had publicly declared he wanted the job and both he and assistant Brian Horton had watched the club's reserves on Monday night, but it was Hughes, 48, who was unveiled as their new manager on 24 hours later.
Green, who confirmed Sven Goran Eriksson had applied for the job, said: "We were in a situation where we were just assessing everything. We had never offered anybody the job, we just looked at the candidates, going through the normal process and there were always two or three targets that we looked at because you wonder whether they would be available and there's terms and conditions you've got to look at, but the man we wanted was this guy, it honestly was.
"The press picked up on Phil Brown coming and they shot themselves in the foot with it really because we'd already spoken to John on several occasions and as you can see, you know why we chose him. He's dynamic. He's the man.
"A lot of clubs in our situation have to weigh things up. Do you want an experienced guy, a young up-and-coming guy, that's always a gamble, but we thought we could combine both here and use his experience, while he's now a young and up-and-coming manager in England. The Scottish managers all seem to want to get down here and prove themselves and John said to me he would make a go of it in England. He said he would not leave here until he had been a success."
