MADRID (AFP) - Spanish side Espanyol denied Wednesday having reached an agreement to sign Slovenia international striker Zlatan Ljubijankic from Domzale as claimed earlier by the Slovenian first division club.

"Espanyol has no contract either with the player or his club," Espanyol spokesman Rafa Ramos told AFP, citing the club's sports director Francisco Herrera.

"In any case one cannot announce that this player interests Espanyol," he added.

Earlier on Wednesday Domzale said, in a statement sent to AFP in Madrid, that 23-year-old Ljubijankic had the club's permission to travel to Spain with his agent "to sign a contract with his new club".

Ljubijankic, 23, was elected by Slovenian journalists as the best player in the league last season.

He has one goal from three international caps having scored the winner during Slovenia's 1-0 away win over Cyprus in February last year.