Sevilla director of football Monchi has broken his silence on the Diego Carlos deal - insisting Newcastle United's offer for the centre-back "wasn't enough".
The La Liga supremo has Carlos' agent encamped in the city demanding either a new improved deal for his client or a January move.
But Monchi claims Carlos is happy despite suggestions of unrest for the Brazilian defender.
Speaking to BBC Sport's Alex Bysouth, Monchi is quoted as saying: "The Newcastle offer has been a good offer, a respectable offer, I have to say that.
"But the offer, our board, our management team, felt that it wasn’t enough.
"It is true that maybe it wasn’t the right time, it is a difficult market to find a replacement for a player like Diego Carlos and it is a market which takes place over a very short period of time – so maybe if that offer came along or will come along in the summer, well things will have changed.
"The offer was a very good offer, very respectable, not at the best possible time and Diego Carlos, well I was talking to him this morning and he is happy, because at the end of the day he is staying here at his club, a club that really wanted him.
"If he was angry then maybe he would have changed his opinion but no, he seems quite happy."
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