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Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay has insisted that he wants to stay at the Portuguese club despite reported interest from Manchester United.
The Premier League champions are reported to have been monitoring the 26-year-old throughout the summer.
"I am under contract with Benfica and I am very happy here," the Argentine told newspaper A Bola.
Garay joined Benfica on a four-year deal from Real Madrid in 2011.
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