Fiorentina have announced they turned down an offer from Manchester United for prized defender Nikola Milenkovic last summer.
Former Red Devils manager Jose Mourinho was desperate to add a top-class centre-back before he was sacked in late December, and Milenkovic has witnessed his stock rise since he joined the Serie A club in 2017.
Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t the Manchester Evening News' Richard Fay), Fiorentina chief executive Pantaleo Corvino spoke about the recent offers his club had rejected.
Corvino said, "We rejected great offers from Lyon for [Jordan] Veretout, from Marseille for [Giovani] Simeone and from Manchester United for Nikola Milenkovic.