Manchester City have distanced themselves from claims they are negotiating with Lionel Messi over a summer move to the Etihad.
The Barcelona forward is out of contract at the end of the season and the Argentina international has been continually linked to a reunion with his former manager Pep Guardiola.
Messi has also been linked with Paris St Germain, probably the only other club likely to be able to afford the player’s reported £120million-plus a year salary, with speculation about his future intensifying in the final year of his contract at the Nou Camp.
