Athletic Bilbao president Josu Urrutia insisted in-demand defender Aymeric Laporte has not asked to leave the La Liga side amid interest from Manchester City.
City are reportedly ready to make Laporte - under contract until 2019 with a €50million buyout clause - one of Pep Guardiola's first singings, despite the French centre-back still recovering from a broken leg and dislocated ankle.
But Urrutia denied the 21-year-old is seeking a move to the Premier League.
"Neither Laporte nor any other player has told me he wants to leave Athletic," Urrutia said.
Urrutia added: "The way the club works is to give as few clues as possible and work discretely.
"In these five years I think the message Athletic has put out is that we are not a selling club.
"With Laporte, or whoever, we treat them so they feel important and valued. He knows he's important for the coach, that his team-mates value him, the fans love him and the board are enamoured with him."
‘The pure simplicity of the way Slot has managed the squad is probably the biggest thing I could say about him. It’s not broken, so let’s get on with it’: Liverpool legend full of admiration for Jurgen Klopp's successor at Anfield
‘I trained at Spurs and thought they’d give me a chance. But I received a letter thanking me but saying they didn’t think I was good enough – I was gutted’: How Tottenham missed out on signing Wales legend John Toshack
