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DON’T LEAVE! £87m-rated striker Andrea Belotti told to forget about Chelsea and Manchester United interest

DON’T LEAVE! £87m-rated striker Andrea Belotti told to forget about Chelsea and Manchester United interest

Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has told Andrea Belotti to snub interest from Chelsea and Manchester United and stay where he is.

The striker was one of the best players in Italy last season and he finished the campaign with 26 Serie A goals to his name.

Several clubs from around Europe are now exploring the possibility of signing the Italian this summer and he has a €100million [£87mi] release-clause, which can only be activated by foreign clubs.

Torino, however, are still planning to have the 23-year-old around next season and now their coach, Mihajlovic, has also told Belotti to stay.

"Will he stay? I hope so and so does [president Urbano] Cairo who isn't thinking of selling him," Mihajlovic told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"Then there's the €100m release clause. If someone pays it then a flood of money will arrive, but then we'd have to change the way we play.

"It's not just about replacing Belotti, it's worse than that. It's hard to find someone else who pulls their teammates forward and scores 26 goals."

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