Werder Bremen president Jurgen Born has warned rival clubs that star playmaker Diego is not for sale at any price.
Werder playmaker not for sale at any price
Club president Jorgen Born has warned all interested parties that Brazilian star Diego will leave Werder Bremen 'over my dead body'.
The 23-year-old is under contract to the Bundesliga club until the summer of 2011 and Born insists there are no plans to sell him, despite reported interest from Chelsea and Real Madrid.
Werder are already resigned to losing Tim Borowski to Bayern Munich in the summer and Born is determined the club's most prized asset will not follow him out of the door.
He told Spanish radio station
Onda Cero: "If someone wants to buy Diego, they have to kill me first. Diego will only leave Werder over my dead body.
"No one has rung me from Madrid - neither regarding Diego nor any other Werder players.
"Diego is not for sale. He has a contract with us until 2011 and is the most important player in our team."
Wait and see
The player himself admits he has spoken to fellow Brazil international Robinho about Real Madrid, but has not had any contact with the club.
He told Spanish sports daily
Marca: "My friend Robinho has told me that Real Madrid are a huge club and I know Real coach Bernd Schuster speaks very highly of me.
"When someone wants to open negotiations over me we will see what happens.
"But I have no agreements with any other club - neither with Real nor with (Serie A side) Juventus."
