Javi Guerra has scored three goals and provided an assist in eight games this term (Picture: Getty)
Valencia have warned Manchester United that they have no interest in selling Javi Guerra despite the midfielder having a £86m release clause in his deal.
The Red Devils, along with fellow Premier League side Newcastle United, are considering a move for the the 20-year-old Spaniard, according to reports.
La Liga club Valencia are determined to do whatever they can to keep their academy gradate Guerra, who has made 19 first-team appearances to date.
Valencia’s sporting director Miguel Angel Corona has now sent a message to any club looking to sign Guerra in the January transfer window or next summer.
‘We are fully aware that we have a player with enormous potential for the future and the ability to perform at a good level now,’ he told the Daily Mail.
‘That is why the club have decisively moved him up to the first team in recent months. It is not in our plans to sell him to any club.
‘Our future plans involve continuing to give him the appropriate condition so that he is able to develop his full potential under [manager] Ruben Baraja, become an important player and continue to build a Valencia team of the immediate future around players like him.
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‘For us, the emergence of Javi Guerra has not been a surprise.
‘We have been aware of what he is capable of for a long time, we have been helping him and demanding more from him every step of the way, from youth level to the elite.
‘He has to continue working in this way. We have to be cautious when making assessments about his level or how far he will be able to go, as he is a young player and has a long way ahead of him, but only he, with his day-to-day work, will determine where his limit is.’
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