Swansea boss Michael Laudrup is confident of keeping Michu at the Liberty Stadium as he feels that very few clubs could afford the star striker.
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Michu took his impressive goal tally for the Swans this term to 16 from 25 appearances in Wednesday's shock 2-0 Capital One Cup semi-final first-leg win at Chelsea.
His red-hot form since his off-season move from Rayo Vallecano has likely increased his market value from the £2million it took to bring him to Wales.
The 26-year-old has since been linked with several would-be suitors during the January transfer window.
Laudrup, however, believes the prolific hitman won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
"I would never expect a new player to come in and score so many goals, but I can't really say what expectation I had for Michu," he said.
"What he is doing in terms of goals is incredible, especially when you think he's never been a number nine. He's always been a defensive midfielder coming from deeper.
"But against Chelsea he had one chance, one goal. That's a top-class striker. You'd pay a lot of money for that."
Regarding any enquiries for Michu, Laudrup added: "Well, to be honest, I'm not the one putting the price tag on him.
"We all know the situation - the general economic situation in the world - so there really aren't that many clubs who can buy him.
"There are some here (in England). In Spain there are only two and I think Barcelona and Real Madrid have enough players. Italy, I don't think so. They're trying to sell.
"Bayern Munich in Germany so really there is only few, few clubs and Michu likes it here.
"He's happy with the team where he is so I'm really not afraid that something is going to happen because I'm so sure he will stay with us for the next five or six months.
"I don't know in the summer, but still I can't really see who could sign him. I don't know how much he's worth. Ask my chairman.
"He was the bargain of the season, we know that. But we're happy we've found the right players."
Meanwhile, the Dane was satisfied with his side's performance at Stamford Bridge, but warned that they can ill-afford to get carried away.
"We're not there yet," Laudrup said. "We're still very far.
"We will need a great, great performance like that one, or the one when we played at home, defensively without the ball.
"We should have the ball more when at home, but there's still so much offensive potential in Chelsea.
"If we don't have a good day, they can still score two or three goals because of the players they have.
"What pleased me most is that I just wanted the players and fans to have the realistic possibility to get into the final going into that home game. We have that now.
"We have a realistic possibility, but there's still a mountain to climb."
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