Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente will reportedly depart the Spanish outfit in the summer rather than in the January transfer window.
The 27-year-old, who has spent much of this season on the bench, has refused to sign a new deal with the Basque outfit and will depart the club in 2013.
It had been expected that Bilbao would sell the Spaniard in order to recoup a transfer fee, but according to AS, he will leave the club on a free transfer at the end of the season.
Arsenal and Liverpool have both been linked with the forward, but it is understood that Juventus are leading the race.
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