Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido Carrasco has announced he wants Jesus Navas to stay.
The 38 year-old has stated he intends to leave this summer.
But Del Nido Carrasco said: I feel obliged to highlight the club's position on Jesus. It wouldn't occur to me as a person, as a Sevilla fan, or as a president, to confront the club's greatest legend. Even this stadium is named after him and I don't want to polemicise or confront him either publicly or privately.
"But I also can't allow it to go down in the annals of history that Jesus doesn't follow because Sevilla doesn't want to. It must have been a misunderstanding that I would take responsibility for because I know that Jesus is suffering a lot.
From here, I offer him a lifetime contract so that he can play here as long as he wants and then works here in whatever capacity that he wants, because he deserves to be at Sevilla for as long as he wants. If he decides to stand by his decision I will respect it, and try to make sure that his departure is up to the task, but I hope that Jesus continues because he deserves it and Sevilla will give Jesus whatever he wants at this point in his career."