New York Red Bulls will not be signing Hamburg midfielder Ze Roberto according to the club's sporting director Erik Soler.

The veteran Brazilian midfielder claimed there was a multi-year contract offer still on the cards but Soler has dismissed that claim, saying the club is unlikely to bring in the 36-year old.

"No, we're not going to sign Ze Roberto. If you look at the balance of or team, we're not going to sign any offensive players at the moment," said Soler.

"Ze Roberto is a fantastic player. He was voted the player with the best physical ability in the Bundesliga last year when he was 35; he can play for another five years. But we have absolutely no contact with Ze Roberto at this moment.

| "He's one of the players we had on our radar for the last year, because he's a great footballer, he's a Brazilian, a wonderful attacking player with a lot of abilities," Soler added. "But we don't have him in our plans for the future. I wouldn't thank that he'd be one that he'd be signing."