Santos president Modesto Roma Junior has hit out at Palmeiras for touting the sale of Gabriel Jesus.

Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Manchester United are all chasing the teenage striker this summer.

"I don't want our [best] players to go [abroad]," Modesto began, "I want a better team while others want to sell [their players] and raise cash.

"Today, some talk about players as if they were the tenth wonder of the world - they must be advertising for a foreign sporting director to come to Brazil."

Roma also lamented the state of Brazilian football, with the national team recently exiting the Copa America 2016 at the group stages resulting in Dunga's sacking.

"Brazil is no longer the first country in the world for football," he concluded, "Maybe it was the only thing that we were the best in the world at, but now we are only the third best - just cheap labour supply.

"Maybe someday people will change that reality and we'll return to being the best."