Man United target Kondogbia will only be sold if £17m release clause is met, insists Sevilla president



Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido says the Spanish club will not sell midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia to Manchester United or Real Madrid for less than the £17million buyout clause in his contract.

‘Kondogbia is not on the market,’ he was quoted as saying ton Tuesday. ‘But whoever wants him has to pay his 20m euros clause. But please, any team that tries to sign him – don’t. We will consider it an attack.’

Wonderkid: Kondogbia holds off Anderson in Sevilla's win at Old Trafford last week

In contention: The 20-year-old is set to make his international debut this week

This is the same Del Nido who revealed in June that ‘there is a release clause that says if we have a written offer of £8.5m, we must accept it and he can go’.

And the same Del Nido who claimed last month that Manchester City had a ‘one per cent chance’ of signing Alvaro Negredo … 24 hours before accepting City’s bid for the Spain striker.

Allez les Blues: The Sevilla man trains with his international team-mates on Monday

Kondogbia signed for Sevilla last summer from Lens in a £2.5m deal and impressed for in their recent win over United at Old Trafford in Rio Ferdinand's testimonial.

