The club yesterday made it very clear that all talk of Griffiths potentially being snatched up by a Korean club was irrelevant, the player had a contract at Skilled Park for next year and that was that.

CEO Clive Mensink told au.fourfourtwo.com: "Adam has a contract with Gold Coast United and our position is that he is not for sale."

Striker Shane Smeltz had earlier been linked with a move to Turkey but coach Miron Bleiberg says nobody is going anywhere.

They say all players have a price but when your chairman happens to be a billionaire it makes life a little easier to say no to others who come waving a chequebook at you.

Bleiberg told goldcoast.com.au: "Clive (Palmer) wants to win the A-League next year and Adam Griffiths is a big part of his plans. That isn't going to change.

"The same applies to all our other players.

"There will be other people who will try and lure away some of them but Clive isn't interested in the money."