Valencia coach Unai Emery has warned Premier
League duo Chelsea and Liverpool that star striker David Villa is
not for sale this summer.
The Spain striker has begun Euro 2008 in electric style,
scoring a hat-trick in a comfortable 4-1 victory over Russia on
Tuesday.
He has long been regarded as one of Europe's top attacking
talents, with a number of clubs believed to be circling the
Mestalla ready to pounce.
With Los Che currently suffering with severe financial
difficulties it been expected that the time had come for the
26-year-old to take his considerable talent elsewhere.
However, the Primera Liga club's chairman Juan Sanchez has
already expressed his willingness to keep both Villa and his
international team-mate David Silva in Valencia, while Emery has
now reiterated that desire.
"This player is not on the market," he told Las Provincias. "I
have demanded continuity in regards to Villa and Silva and I am
confident that I will get it.
"The club have made it clear that the pair are not for sale.
"They are key to my plans for the future and their absence would
be a problem.
"It is normal that the big European clubs are interested in
Villa, but we are determined to fight to keep him in Valencia."