Atletico deny Falcao reports

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has dismissed reports linking striker Radamel Falcao with a move to Chelsea.

Cerezo said he does not know of any interest in the Colombian striker, who has been tipped as a replacement for outgoing Chelsea counterpart Didier Drogba.

“Falcao still has four years to go on his contract with us,” Cerezo told Efe. “It’s silly to say now if he’s staying or if he’s going.”

“I really don’t know anything about Falcao leaving, I just know that he signed a contract with us and that contract states he can stay with us in the next four seasons.”

Falcao scored 36 goals last season for Atletico, including two against Athletic Bilbao in his side’s Europa League final triumph.

His impressive campaign has seen him become one of the highest valued strikers in the world, though Cerezo did not want to speculate about a potential selling price.

“I am sure Falcao is now highly rated on the market, but as we don’t want to sell him, we really don’t know how much that is,” he said.

“He does have a release clause in his contract, I guess that’s his value, but, as I said before, he has four years to go before his contract expires.”