Officials of MLS club Seattle Sounders have flown back to the United States without pulling off one of the deals of the transfer window by signing Nigeria international Obafemi Martins.<br /><br />The vice president of the MLS team, Lino DiQuollo, and the sporting director, Chris Henderson were unable to meet Martins' release clause of three million euros, writes <span style=""><i>Plazadeportiva.com.</i><br /><br />In addition, Levante are not interested in resuming negotiations with Seattle Sounders. As things stand, the deal is off. <br /><br />One of the goals of Levante this season is to qualify for Europe at the end of the campaign. <br /><br />It is very important that Martins, the team's leading scorer with 7 strikes, remains with the </span><span style=""><i>Granotes </i>if that objective is to be met.<br /><br />Despite the transfer imbroglio, the 28 - year - old attacker played for 32 minutes in the big derby with Valencia (2 -2) on Saturday.<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br />