Wednesday 4 November 2015 22:20, UK
Monaco have labelled reports they made an approach for under-pressure Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as an "unsubstantiated rumour".
According to widespread newspaper reports on Wednesday, Monaco shareholder Alessandro Proto is said to have claimed he met with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in London in an attempt to buy Mourinho out of his contract at Stamford Bridge.
The French side, however, have dismissed this claim.
"AS Monaco would invite the media to not repeat extravagant and unsubstantiated rumours from a supposedly minority shareholder," the club confirmed via its official Twitter account.
Mourinho is currently facing an uncertain future at Chelsea, having led the club to their worst start to a season in 37 years.
The pressure on the Portuguese intensified last weekend following the 3-1 home defeat to Liverpool, which condemned Chelsea to their ninth loss in 17 matches this season.
Ahead of Chelsea's Champions League home clash with Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, a defiant Mourinho insisted he would see out his contract with the club, which expires in the summer of 2019.
"If I'd only become a better coach because of bad results, then I'd be a very bad coach because, in the last 15 years, I'd never have improved," he said.
"But I try and improve every day, analyse every detail of my work every day, preparing sessions, discussing after sessions, preparing matches, analysing matches. That's what I do every day."
