Juventus and Manchester City Must Pay Termination Clause for Isco Insists Malaga Sporting Director

Tuesday, 9th October, 2012

Malaga sporting director Mario Husillos has insisted that the only way starlet Isco will be leaving the Spanish side is if his release clause of €21M is paid.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men endured a troubled start to the campaign, with off the pitch financial problems forcing the sales of key men Santi Cazorla to Arsenal and Salomon Rondon to Rubin Kazan.

relatedNewsStoryHowever, the former Real Madrid manager has firmly grasped on the pitch matters, qualifying the club for the Champions League group stage and starting this season’s La Liga strongly.

A large part of this has been down to 20-year-old Isco, who has impressed with a number of glowing displays in a Malaga shirt, including a brace in the club’s 3-0 thrashing of Zenit St. Petersburg in their opening Champions League group game.

And it is little surprise that the attacking midfielder has attracted a number of scouts to La Rosaleda, with Juventus and Manchester City credited with holding the most serious interest in securing his services.

Malaga though do not want to part with Isco, as Husillos has stressed.

"Isco is our player and he is not on the market", Husillos told Tutto Mercato.

And when asked whether Juventus and Manchester City could tempt the Spanish outfit to sell, Husillos explained the club’s position.

"For our part, I can say that Isco is not a player that is on the market. We want to keep him here.

"But, you all know that there is a termination clause and if a club chooses to pay this then it does not depend on us."

Pressed on whether this means Isco would only be sold for his €21M clause, Husillos admitted that was the case.

"Yes, but we would like to keep him with us."

Isco is under contract with Malaga until 2016 and is seen as a key player in the club’s push to retain a spot in La Liga’s top four this season.