Valencia awaiting ´satisfactory´ offers for Villa

Spanish Primera Liga club Valencia said it has yet to receive any “satisfactory offer” for star striker David Villa, a target for both Real Madrid and Barcelona.

“On the subject of David Villa, two points need to be clarified: Valencia has never concluded an agreement with a club for Villa’s possible transfer and currently we have not received any satisfactory offer,” said the club’s sporting director Fernando Gomez Colomer.

“There have been foreign clubs interested, there have been offers. The player prefers to stay at Valencia,” he said following a board meeting of the club on Monday.

The Spanish press have said Manchester United are interested in Villa, one of the stars of Spain’s victorious Euro 2008 squad.

Barcelona vice president Rafael Yuste said on Sunday that the Spanish and European champions had began negotiations for the 27-year-old.

The Mundo Deportivo newspaper on Sunday reported Barca had tabled a 35-million-euro bid for Villa.

Real Madrid, who have already bought superstars Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo this month, had been chasing Villa but were reported to have been put off by a 42-million-euro asking price.