Inter Milan are confident of hanging on to Jose Mourinho after Spanish media reports claimed Real Madrid want to lure the Portuguese coach to the Bernabeu.
Real presidential candidate Florentino Perez is reportedly targeting Mourinho but Massimo Moratti, president of Inter, has dismissed the speculation.
Perez will bid to regain the presidency of the nine-times European champions next month.
"The news from Spain reached us immediately but our coach has assured me that he does not want to leave Milan," Moratti was quoted as saying by today's La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I want to believe in our coach's word. In the past he has proved his seriousness, he has already shown that he never betrays his word.
"He is too serious a professional to do something of the sort."
Former Chelsea and Porto boss Mourinho, who has had just one season at Inter and whose contract runs until 2011, has previously said it is 100 per cent certain he will stay at the club next season.
