Palmeiras have played down reports which have suggested striker Keirrison could be on his way to Liverpool.
The 20-year-old Brazilian has been the subject of speculation which has intimated a summer switch to Anfield could be on the cards.
Keirrison is regarded as one of the brightest emerging talents in South American football having finished top scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro last season when he was with Coritiba.
Palmeiras' director of football, Toninho Cecilio, insists the striker - who has scored eight goals in only six appearances for his new team - will stay with the Verdao for the foreseeable future.
"I don't want to spend a lot of time talking about this Liverpool issue as it is not true," Cecilio said.
"There is nothing official and we were not consulted about this.
"We have an excellent relationship with Liverpool, who signed goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri, and, if there was something, we will be the first to know about that.
"Instead, the intention of the Palmeiras board is to keep him here as long as possible here, before he continues his career in Europe."
The 20-year-old Brazilian has been the subject of speculation which has intimated a summer switch to Anfield could be on the cards.
Keirrison is regarded as one of the brightest emerging talents in South American football having finished top scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro last season when he was with Coritiba.
Palmeiras' director of football, Toninho Cecilio, insists the striker - who has scored eight goals in only six appearances for his new team - will stay with the Verdao for the foreseeable future.
"I don't want to spend a lot of time talking about this Liverpool issue as it is not true," Cecilio said.
"There is nothing official and we were not consulted about this.
"We have an excellent relationship with Liverpool, who signed goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri, and, if there was something, we will be the first to know about that.
"Instead, the intention of the Palmeiras board is to keep him here as long as possible here, before he continues his career in Europe."
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