Vincenzo Montella said Chelsea can only sign Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina by paying his release clause.
The Stamford Bridge club has been in negotiations, but do not appear prepared to reach the €35m buy-out fee.
“The issue around Cuadrado is very simple: he has a buy-out clause, which was written into his contract along with the club,” said Coach Montella in this evening’s Press conference.
Vincenzo Montella said Chelsea can only sign Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina by paying his release clause.
The Stamford Bridge club has been in negotiations, but do not appear prepared to reach the €35m buy-out fee.
“The issue around Cuadrado is very simple: he has a buy-out clause, which was written into his contract along with the club,” said Coach Montella in this evening’s Press conference.
“If a team comes along and pays it, and the player wants to leave, then he can go. This clause expires during the last few days of the transfer window, but as far as we are concerned the player is not for sale.”
There have been reports in England that Montella is threatening to quit if Cuadrado is sold, but he points out that’s not the issue.
“We’ve got enough strikers now, though a few have left recently. Marin went, we don’t know what Ilicic is going to do and also Cuadrado, because until the end we are not the ones making the decision…”