Adrian Mutu is fearful he will be cashed in by Fiorentina this summer.

The striker declared: "I want to stay with Fiorentina. I never asked to be transferred, I do not understand what is happening. I have only requested to discuss my contract two months ago, as my other teammates had done.

"I never asked for £3 million a year and the club knows it. I felt that the agreement was near, then ... But I am optimistic."