Athletic Bilbao president Fernando Garcia Macua insists striker Fernando Llorente will not be sold this year.
Llorente is a summer target for Real Madrid supremo Florentino Perez.
But Macua declared: "Fernando Llorente is not going to leave Athletic this summer.
"As long as I am president and a member of this board, Llorente will not be sold. I will always say this.
"The will of Fernando Llorente is to continue for a long time with Athletic."