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Torino president confident Andrea Belotti will stay amid Man United links

Torino president Urbano Cairo has told La Gazzetta dello Sport he expects forward Andrea Belotti, who has scored 25 goals in 31 Serie A appearances this season, to stay.

His comments came after sources told ESPN FC that Manchester United had contacted Torino to register their interest in Belotti.

United manager Jose Mourinho wants to add two forwards to his squad this summer, with Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann his priority target.

But Mourinho is also considering a move for Belotti, 23, who has scored 27 goals in 34 appearances for Torino this season.

Sources told ESPN FC that senior figures at United have discussed the Italy international with their Torino counterparts, who secured the player on a new contract until 2021 in December.

Although Belotti has a clause in his deal that would allow him to move to a club overseas for €100 million, Cairo said: "I am not going to sell him.

"He's going to play another year at Torino, score another 30 goals and it is going to have been of benefit to him and to us.

"You know the best thing about him? He is the first to say that he still has a lot to learn.

"We have the seventh best attack in 110 years of Torino. You need to be able to defend and attack as a team, but such an attack-minded time like ours has seen [coach Sinisa] Mihajlovic bring the very best out of Belotti."

Meanwhile, Cairo said has said Torino "cannot just sit and wait" to find out Manchester City's plans for goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Hart has spent this season on loan at the Serie A club but is due to return to City in the summer.

"He's a top goalkeeper and while he may have made a few mistakes, nobody is going to crucify him," Cairo said.

"But City don't have very clear ideas about him, and we cannot just sit and wait."

While it does not seem likely that England international Hart will stay with the Premier League club, a return to Turin next season also appears remote.