Jean-Clair Todibo won't rule out a summer switch to the Premier League amid interest from Chelsea and Manchester United.
The OGC Nice defender, 24, has been a star performer for the Ligue 1 outfit owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and was heavily linked with both Chelsea and United in last month's January transfer window, although neither club made a move for the Frenchman.
With Todibo in tow, Nice are currently second in the French league after shipping just 11 goals in Ligue 1 this term but continue to be plagued by speculation over the future of their influential centre-back.
And while Todibo far from closed the door on the possibility of staying on at Nice, he appeared to indicate that he would take stock of all the options available to him at the end of the current campaign.
When he was pressed about a potential move away from France, Todibo responded: "I am at Nice and we’re having a great season. I don’t have my head elsewhere. If I did it would be difficult for me personally and for the group too.
"I feel really good at Nice. We’ll see what happens in the summer but we’re not there yet. I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I don’t want to give false hope. For now, I’m here at Nice."
The defender then assured fans that he would not make a decision on his long-term future until the end of the season, adding: "Football moves quickly, you never know what’s going to happen. I’ll wait until the summer to make my decision. If my decision is to stay, I’ll announce it, if it is to leave, I’ll announce it too and I’ll thank everyone, but we’re not there yet."
The France defender, who is also expected to attract interest from other European heavyweights when the transfer window reopens, also stressed that he "wants to leave something
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