"?Chelsea have been categorically told by Roma that midfield target Radja Nainggolan won't be going anywhere this summer, with the Serie A club desperate to hold on to as many of their biggest stars as they possibly can.
Nainggolan "?revealed over the weekend that talks between the two clubs have taken place, explaining he couldn't speak to Chelsea until an agreement was in place, but it appears that the Premier League side were met with rejection.
Bosnian maestro Miralem Pjanic is also believed to be a target at Stamford Bridge, as well for new Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford, but Roma could actually be powerless to stop him leaving.
"I keep telling all of you that Nainggolan's not going anywhere," Roma president Jim Pallotta is quoted as saying by Football Italia as he was harried by reporters on the future of his club's key assets.
He maintained that Pjanic would also be going nowhere if the Giallorossi had their way, but the existence of a €38m release clause will take the control out of their hands should a suitor choose to meet it.
"Pjanic is staying. If he has the buy-out and we can't do anything about it, that is not my issue," Pallotta said, before reiterating, "but Nainggolan is not going anyplace".
Roma's German international defender Antonio Rudiger is another rising talent that has been linked with Chelsea as Antonio Conte looks to bolster a defence that was surprisingly leaky last season. However, the centre-back is another that Roma don't want to lose.
"I don't have any intention of selling Rudiger either. I don't know where these stories keep coming from. I like the team," Pallotta also said.
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