Gino Pozzo, the son of Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo, has confirmed that talks are ongoing with Barcelona regarding the sale of Alexis Sanchez.
It emerged earlier that Manchester City have apparently pulled out of the race to sign the Chile forward.
City boss Roberto Mancini implied that Sanchez was not worth more than the £30m bid City are reported to have submitted and that is why he has pulled out of the race.
But Udinese say that the 22-year-old was only interested in joining Barcelona and talks are still taking place with a view to the winger joining the European champions.
Pozzo told gazzetta.it: "Negotiations continue with Barcelona. We are waiting for the evolution, even if it's quite a complex deal.
"We continue to work only on (one) table because with Manchester City we never opened the deal; the guy just wants Barcelona."
There is still the possibility that Sanchez will stay at Udinese and Pozzo has not ruled that out.
"The option that Sanchez remains in Udinese is always valid and if the boy decides to stay we would be very happy," he said.
Reports have suggested that Barcelona are attempting to agree a deal for Sanchez which would involve Jeffren joining Udinese.
The Spain Under 21 international is understood to be unhappy at the prospect, but Pozzo said: "It's not true that he refused to come to Udinese, we have not yet talked to him."
