But Saviola, who has been linked with a move to Portsmouth, admits that he may be forced to stay at the club.
“It’s a difficult situation. You have to be very strong mentally because as each game goes by without playing you are destroyed a little more psychologically,” the 27-year-old told sports daily Marca.
“I spoke to Juande (Ramos) to find out where I stood. I told him I needed to play and, if I wasn’t in his plans, to notify the management to allow me to go during the January transfer window because this situation is intolerable.”
“The club imposed a series of conditions for me to be able to go in January even though they said they still counted on me but it has all been thrown in the air by the resignation of the club president last week,” Saviola added.
“Now the board say they do not want to tamper with the team.”
