Have you guys ever looked up Athletic's transfer history? I can't recall any player that they have sold in the last 10 or 20 years who wasn't surplus to requirements. Prove me wrong. Their biggest outgoing transfer was del Horno.
Why would they sell Llorente (or Javi or Iker)? They can't replace him with their transfer policy. Especially Llorente is irreplaceable. He's scored 29 goals so far for Athletic. Their second striker Toquero has scored 5 and I don't see any other quality Basque striker around. If they sold Llorente, they'd end up like Villarreal after Rossi's injury. Clearly not their ambitions. And they don't need the money anyway.
Every summer the same shit. Barca crashes out of the CL against some anti-football team => all the media links Llorente with us.