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title: "Porto president rules out sale of star-man to Liverpool"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/porto-president-rules-out-sale-of-star-man-to-liverpool/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Josh Challies"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2015-10-22T18:06:37Z"
modified: "2015-10-22T18:07:06Z"
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# Porto president rules out sale of star-man to Liverpool

[![Ruben Neves](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ruben-Neves-500x337.jpg)](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ruben-Neves.jpg?admin)Liverpool fans in the Transfer Tavern are discussing their transfer dreams after hearing that a move for their prime target in January has been ruled out.

Flocks of pages have been floating around in the bar linking Ruben Neves to Liverpool but now [Porto’s president has declared he never wants the teenage sensation to leave the club.](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/613914/Porto-Ruben-Neves-Liverpool-Chelsea-Transfer-News-Gossip)

The 18-year-old became the youngest captain in the Champions League on Tuesday when he wore the armband for Porto’s latest group stage clash and[quoted in *O Jogo,*](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/613914/Porto-Ruben-Neves-Liverpool-Chelsea-Transfer-News-Gossip)[Pinto da Costa declared he wants Neves to become a club legend.](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/613914/Porto-Ruben-Neves-Liverpool-Chelsea-Transfer-News-Gossip)

> “Ruben has a contract until 2019 and not until 2017, as sometimes I see in writing. And we would like to keep him at FC Porto, as a kind of João Pinto,”
>
> “That is, he was a symbol and legend of the progress of the club for several generations. I never want him to leave Porto.”

Pinto was an iconic hero at Porto’s bitter rivals Benfica and Da Costa’s firm stance on the young teenager suggests Liverpool have a serious task on their hands if they plot to lure Neves away from the Portuguese giants.

Scousers at the bar are confident of a deal though, suggesting that Jurgen Klopp’s regime will lure the young talent to Anfield.

**Liverpool fans, is Ruben Neves the player you need? Let us know in the comments below!**