Germany internationals Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm have been linked with moves away from Bayern Munich on more than one occasion during the summer transfer window, but sporting director Christian Nerlinger has dashed any plans they had of leaving the club.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho hasn't given up on signing Schweinsteiger and is reportedly eager to lure the midfielder to the Primera Division next season.
However, Nerlinger has now made it clear that Lahm and Schweinsteiger are not for sale.
"Schweinsteiger is not for sale at any price! It doesn't matter what club makes an offer for him. We simply won't allow him to leave," Nerlinger was quoted as saying by Bild.
"The same thing counts for Lahm. We are looking to build a team around a number of key players and we simply don't want to sell any one of those players."
Schweinsteiger has a contract until the summer of 2012 with Bayern, and Real Madrid are supposedly hopeful that the Bavarians will cash in on the midfielder next summer in order to prevent him from leaving on a free in 2012. Nerlinger is clearly having other plans with the Germany international though.
"I am confident that Bastian will sign a contract extension with Bayern in the near future," Nerlinger finished.
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