Le Mans president Henri Legarda has told star winger N'Dri Romaric to forget about joining Sevilla this summer.

Romaric is distraught over the collapse of talks between the two clubs, but Legarda is adamant he will not allow the midfielder to leave for Spain.

"Le Mans has always supported Romaric, he was even promoted to captain. I would therefore like to keep him. We will do everything we can because we want to keep our best players," said Legarda.