Derby boss Wayne Rooney says he is "flattered" to have been linked with the vacant managerial role at Everton.
Rooney said he was aware of speculation linking him with replacing Rafael Benitez, but added there had been no official approach.
"Of course Everton is a club I grew up supporting," he said.
"I'm flattered to get brought up in those conversations, but I know Everton know that to have any communication with me they have to go through the administrators."
Rooney, who joined Everton as a nine-year-old and made his first-team debut at 16, has impressed managing Derby in difficult circumstances.