KARMICHAEL Hunt's manager insists no deal has been locked in for the Gold Coast star to switch codes yet again.

The former rugby league and union player has made the transition to AFL with moderate success as a poster boy for the fledgling Suns.

But his 2014 campaign has been marred by injury and form, and he's only played a single senior game.

Speculation linking the 27-year-old with the Queensland Reds rugby union team has intensified in recent days, but his manager insists it's pure speculation.

"All it does is take up my morning, wasting my time with stuff that's not done yet," a frustrated David Riolo told AFL.com.au on Thursday.  

"He might end up there. I don't speculate on players' contracts," he said.  

"He's still looking at all his options."

Hunt remains one of the most in demand professional footballers in Australia.

Asked if there was any possibility Hunt could remain in the AFL, Riolo said: "It may well be, he might end up in AFL, but he's also looking at League and Union."

A Gold Coast spokesman said the club had nothing to add.

Hunt has played 44 games for the Suns, since being a part of their debut season in 2011.

He spent 2010 learning the intricacies of the code playing in the Suns' VFL side.

His lucrative contract expires at the end of 2014, and the speculation on his future was already rising when he spoke to AFL.com.au in January.  

"Whatever happens at the end of the year will happen, but for the most part I'm just focusing on playing footy," Hunt said at the time.
 
"If anything the only annoyance that I get is the media manager coming up and asking me to do media interviews and that which I don't like doing.

"That's probably the one thing that annoys me the most about it."

Enticed to switch codes on big money, Hunt's acquisition was a promotional coup for the AFL and its new Gold Coast franchise.

A large chunk of his salary comes from being an ambassador for the code in Queensland.

Watch: Relive Hunt's greatest AFL moment - kicking a goal after the siren to beat Richmond in 2012