The president of Lecce, Saverio Sticchi Damiani, has admitted that he has rejected one Offers from Manchester United for versatile star Patrick Dorgu.
Dorgu has emerged as United's main target as they look to offer manager Ruben Amorim an attack-minded left-back and the Red Devils held a meeting with Lecce on Tuesday to try and agree a deal over the line.
However, they left without a deal and Sticchi Damiani has now revealed the details of the meeting.
The meeting went well, it was a cordial meeting,” he said Sky Sports Italia. “For us it is a pleasure to sit at the table Manchester United and we talk about a player who comes from our Primavera. That means it's a tremendous growth path for the club and we're very pleased with it.
“We have explained to Manchester that our will at the moment is to try to keep our squad unchanged, keeping all the big names, especially Dorgu. We have tried to make them understand that for us it is an important moment in the history of We can achieve the third historical survival (from the fall).
“Even though we are satisfied with Manchester's offer, for us the priority is the sporting result, which is essential.”
United are believed to have offered an initial €30m (£25.4m) plus another €5m (£4.2m) in bonuses to sign Dorgu this month, but Leçe are looking for something closer to the €40m guaranteed (£33.8m £). to sell their star defender, me Napoli are said to be close to meeting the asking price.