Villarreal star will reject Spurs approach

By European Football
May 20 2005

Juan Roman Riquelme has stated that he will reject any approach from Spurs, so he can continue his time at Villarreal. He had been widely tipped for a move to Spurs this summer, but rejected to idea of leaving Spain out of hand: "If Villarreal reaches an agreement with Barcelona I want to stay here for the next few seasons," stated Riquelme. "I heard what has been said about Tottenham and I am not interested."

"Barcelona is the owner of my transfer and it depends on them where I will play from next season," he said. "But if I am allowed to choose I prefer to stay at Villarreal or return to Barcelona.

"It's not that I don't like Tottenham or the Premier League, the reason is that I don't want to move to another country once again. I prefer to stay where I am."

It has to be remembered though, that as far as anyone is aware, Spurs never actually bid for Riquelme, and it sounds more like a player not wanting to swap countries, rather than clubs.

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