Betis consider Joaquin sale

Real Betis president Manuel Ruiz de Lopera has hinted that he may be prepared to sell winger Joaquin Sanchez to Chelsea.

The Spain international is the jewel in the Betis crown and Lopera has already turned down big money bids for the player from both Real Madrid and a number of English Premiership clubs.

Madrid president Florentino Perez is known to be a fan of the 23-year-old, while Lopera has revealed Chelsea have made some tempting offers.

Lopera has now admitted that Joaquin may well be on his way – but does not expect him to leave for the Bernabeu.

“I have the feeling that if Joaquin does end up at another club, it might not be Real Madrid, because we have had some offers that maybe Real Madrid can’t match,” he said, admitting past interest from Chelsea.

“Chelsea made me a very big offer. I said no and when they said they wanted to keep on negotiating, they changed their coach and it stopped.

“But now it seems their new coach (Jose Mourinho) also likes him and we have had a few proposals in lunches we have had. If they raise their offer, one day we are going to say yes.”