Palermo claim they have rejected interest from Manchester United in the 21-year-old striker Paulo Dybala.

But the Italian club’s president, Maurizio Zamparini, says he is willing to talk again in the summer about the Argentinian, who has scored nine goals in 17 appearances this season.

“Dybala is worth over €40m [£31m] but I won’t sell him until June,” Zamparini told Radio Due. “Many foreign clubs asked after him, including Manchester United. I told the English side that he is not for sale right now, but we can talk about it again in six months. In my view, he is the best striker in Europe at the moment.”

Palermo signed Dybala from the Argentinian club Instituto for £9m in 2012. Afterwards Zamparini described him as “the new Sergio Agüero”.