Real Sociedad coach David Moyes insists that Liverpool have not made contact with his club over signing defender Inigo Martinez and hinted they would be wasting their time by doing so.
Liverpool are thought to be interested in the 24-year-old, who is a product of Real Sociedad's youth system, and have been credited with lodging a bid for the Spaniard.
But Moyes is in no mood to sell one of his star performers and has blasted talk that Liverpool have slapped an official bid on the table for the defender.
The former Manchester United manager told Spanish daily Marca: "Do you think I would want to sell him to Liverpool?
"We have not had any contact, it's speculation", Moyes added.
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Moyes is already in the midst of planning for next season and considers Martinez a key man he does not want to lose.
Real Sociedad suffered a 3-0 drubbing at home at the hands of relegation battlers Granada this evening, leaving the Basque outfit sitting 12th in La Liga.
Moyes side round off their season with a trip to face Rayo Vallecano next weekend, but cannot finish higher than their current placing as they are five points behind eleventh placed Celta Vigo.
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