Valencia goalkeeper Alves denies move to Roma
Rio de Janeiro June 28 (IANS) Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves has played down rumours of a possible move to Italian top division football club AS Roma this summer.
The Italian Serie A giants have reportedly targeted the Brazilian after their on-loan stopper Wojciech Szczesny returned to Arsenal reports Xinhua news agency.
I am contracted with Valencia until 2019 and I will return to training [next month] despite what people are saying Alves told ESPN Brasil.
The 32-year-old has made 146 appearances for the Spanish club since his 2011 move from Almeria.
In 2016 he became the goalkeeper with the most penalty saves in Spain s top flight breaking Andoni Zubizarreta s previous record of 16.
Alves said his immediate priority was to become Brazil s first-choice goalkeeper ahead of next year s World Cup in Russia.
Every player wants to be a part of the World Cup and now there is a short period of time to be noticed before the tournament he said.
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