Toldo was widely quoted on Wednesday as saying club vice-president Mario Sconcerti had told him he would be sold at the end of this season.

'I read that I had promised to let Toldo go,' Sconcerti said.

'I had spoken with him but that is not what I said.' Sconcerti said there was a debate within the club about the future of the Italian international.

'For our president Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Toldo is not for sale,' he said. 'I think differently and would enter negotations if it was for the advantage of Fiorentina. I called Toldo, he apologised to me and I told him that the club had fined him.'

Toldo has been linked with league leaders AS Roma and champions Lazio as well as Spanish club Barcelona.

Sconcerti told the daily Gazzetta dello Sport that the club had been approached by Barcelona but had not replied to the offer because of Toldo's wish to stay in Italy and Cecchi Gori's desire to keep him.

Fiorentina said in a statement that Toldo had been fined 50 million lire ($23,250).

' It is inopportune at this difficult stage of the season for a player to reveal publicly his intentions in the transfer market,' the statement said.