MELBOURNE City will refuse to sell superstar midfielder Aaron Mooy in January — at any price.

At least two more lucrative offers for Mooy are imminent from China and Europe, just a week after City rejected a record-breaking $2m deal from Saudi Arabians Al-Nassr.

The City Football Group wants to make a statement by refusing to sell and giving Melbourne City coach John van’t Schip every chance at success.

It’s understood that CFG heavyweights, headed by football chief Brain Marwood, will then sit down with Mooy at the end of the season and offer an overseas pathway through their expanding network.

While a move to Manchester City is unlikely, pre-season training is a possibility, while a move to New York City could also be tabled.

The transfer window opens in a fortnight but Mooy’s agent Paddy Dominguez revealed that ambitious City was set to remain defiant.

“It’s very clear that Melbourne City and CFG have no intention of selling Aaron to any club in the January transfer window,’’ Dominguez said.

“I say that because a $2m offer was rejected by a club and that’s record breaking for a domestic player.

“It’s not impossible, but if $2m isn’t enough, you can only guess what figure would be required for them to consider selling.

“The good thing from Aaron’s point of view is that they appreciate his efforts and value him so highly.’’

Overseas scouts will again watch Mooy in Saturday’s Melbourne derby at AAMI Park, with more $1m-plus offers set to be tabled during a frenetic January transfer window.

media_camera City will do everything to keep Mooy, who has become Australian football’s hottest property.

Daniel De Silva’s $1.5m move to Dutch club Roda JC from Perth Glory last August remains the biggest A-League transaction, though it’s a loan fee that will later become an outright transfer.

Guangzhou R & F’s $1.2m signing of Rostyn Griffiths from Central Coast in 2012 is the biggest outright transfer, closely followed by Melbourne Victory’s sales of Mark Milligan to Baniyas ($1.1m) and Mitch Langerak to Borussia Dortmund ($1m).

However Langerak’s add ons have meant that Victory has since pocketed another $800,000, making it the most lucrative deal of the last decade.

City’s stance is a complete reversal from the old cash-strapped Melbourne Heart days, when the likes of Curtis Good (Newcastle United for $500,000), Aziz Behich (Bursaspor, $400,000), Eli Babalj (Red Star and AZ Alkmaar, totalling over $650,000), Brendan Hamill (Seongnam, $350,000) and Michael Marrone (Shanghai Xenxin, $300,000) were all sold.

“Aaron is a great player, he is showing in the Socceroos he has the same importance that he has in the A-League,’’ van’t Schip said.

“If a player plays that well there is interest. I am confident that he can play in a very high and good level.’’