Roma coach Luciano Spalletti cannot rule out selling Leandro Paredes.

The Argentine midfielder is being linked with Liverpool, Leicester and Manchester City this week.

"Every now and then you [the media] put things in my mouth that didn't come from me," Spalletti said after their friendly win over Fondi.

“Paredes is a strong player in our opinion, and we want to use him, but sometimes in a transfer market like this you can use strong players to fund the transfer market, so that affects everyone.

“It's like that for Napoli too, who wanted to keep [Gonzalo] Higuain [who went to Juventus].

“For that reason we can't say what our thinking is absolutely, because there are so many things to be taken into account and that doesn't just apply to Paredes.

“For me he's a good player and he'll stay at Roma."