Euskaltel refuse offers for Samu

Euskaltel have in the last few weeks received two offers for the services of captain Samu Sánchez, and have of course said "no thanks" to both. The offers, both in the region of 450 000 Euro, came from "two Pro Tour teams" according to Madariaga, but all he had to say to the team was "Samu is not for sale". The Asturian is contracted 'till the end of 2008, and Samu has repeatedly said that he'll fulfill his contract. Though, if he'll stay beyond that is at the moment unclear. Euskaltel are trying to keep him until 2010, but so far talks have gone nowhere. "The conversations (with Samu) have not resulted in anything yet", Madariaga commented to DEIA. "We're far from agreing on a prolongation of his contract at the moment".