Porto stand firm over Hulk

Porto chief Pinto da Costa insists that their stance over Hulk has not changed and they do not want to sell him.

The Brazilian international is Porto's talisman, and has led them to consecutive titles in Portugal.

He has though been constantly linked with moves away from the Estadio do Dragao, with most of Europe's elite tracking him including Manchester City, Chelsea andReal Madrid.

But he is contracted to the club until 2016 after signing a new deal last year, when Porto also bought another 40 per cent of his rights to take their total stake to 85 per cent and meaning they control his future.

Hulk also had a buy-out clause of £80million and Da Costa insists that is the amount any club would need to pay for him.

"I say today what I said a year ago, I will do everything to keep Hulk at Porto," he told Porto TV.

"I'm not interested in selling him.

"Hulk has a price and we are not going to negotiate and accept an inferior price to that of his clause, our desire is for him to be in our squad next season."