Roma owner James Pallotta
has reiterated his club's
intention to keep hold of Kevin
Strootman, who has been
targeted by Manchester
United.
The Red Devils are considering
a €12 million bid for Real Madrid midfielder Sami
Khedira as they begin to accept that their long pursuit
of the Netherlands international is unlikely to come to
fruition.
And Pallotta has once again stressed the club have no
desire to allow Strootman to link up with former
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford.
"It is just not happening," Roma's billionaire owner told
BBC Sport.
"I have told the papers that they should stop wasting
paper. We don't have any interest in selling Kevin."
Giallorossi coach Rudi Garcia had earlier insisted to
press asking about a potential Strootman move to
United that they should "ask the president" , though
declaring his continued belief in the Dutchman as a key
member of the squad.
The 24-year-old was immediately identified by Van Gaal
as a principal target when the new manager took over
at Old Trafford this summer and the Premier League
giants had been lining up a €31m move when
Strootman returned from a long injury to prove his
fitness.
Pallotta, though, is adamant that keeping hold of
players like Strootman is as important to Roma as
cashing in.
"Obviously, as businesspeople, when people call us and
say 'we want your player', you are going to listen to
them. You have to do that; that is the business side," he
explained.
"That doesn't mean you are going to make a decision
that, [an offer of] £75m (€95m), bang, you hit the bid.
That is not the way it is going to work, it is not the way it
does work with us.
"For others, maybe [money would talk in the end]. Our
view is that we want to put a great team out there but
we are not saying 'we have to make a ton of money'.
Our goal across the board is stability."
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Posted by Segun on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - Rating: 4.5
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