AS Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has made it vehemently clear that the club is not about to sell Kevin Strootman.
The 24-year old Dutch midfielder has been heavily linked with a January move to join former Holland boss Louis van Gaal at Manchester United while Paris Saint-Germain are also showing interest.
It has been reported that the French champions are willing to offer promising youngster Adrien Rabiot in order to lure Strootman to Parc des Princes but Sabatini insists nothing of the sort is set to take place anytime soon.
"He is an extraordinary player, and these rumours [of his sale] have been based on the desires of other clubs," said Sabatini.
"We want to keep him, he is our point of strength. We hope to see him back in the field with all his powers. He played an exemplary role last season.
"Of course he is unsellable, but we must contextualize that I do not say he is for sale. We receive offers, protect him and defend him, but I do not know what will happen.
"For now we enjoy him even whilst he is injured. We are not thinking in any way of selling him, we hope to have him return. We must have patience and wait, he is a decisive player."
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