Defender Le Normand is being linked with Atletico Madrid.
But Olabe says: ”With Robin I have not talked about Atletico Madrid. He is an international player who I know over time that Napoli wanted him.
"We do not have any formal offer for any player at this time, neither for Le Normand nor for anyone else. With Atletico we have a fairly fluid relationship between people, we have played the last game together and nothing more. But summer seems to me to be more complex.”
On midfielder Merino, he told Mundo Deportivo: “We would love for him to continue with us. It’s not a question of money. It’s a matter of life and that’s where everything counts. If that were the case (it was about money), I told you that it is impossible. I don’t think Mikel thought about leaving. Thaty wait is not based on ‘I want to leave’. We may come to the conclusion that we prefer performance over money at the time. There are several desires at play.”
Olabe also said: “The club’s position is not to sell. But we are not a club in which we do not speculate in this game of performance. And that strengthens us when we go into the market.
“Throughout the summer things happen that don’t depend on you. Over time, players have left the club and at that moment it is who stays and how we deal with it. And who is going to come, in the meantime we try to make all our kids see that La Real want to grow and there are many things still to achieve.”