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Benfica insist there's no agreement to sell Axel Witsel.

Real Madrid are being linked with the Belgium international.

But in a statement, Benfica declared: "In light of the news published on Saturday in several newspapers, Benfica can clarify that it has received no proposal for the player Axel Witsel to date, and that he has a release clause in his contract."