Beijing Guoan have no interest in Radja Nainggolan, the Chinese Super League (CSL) club said amid reports they want the Roma midfielder.
Nainggolan, 29, has been linked with a move to the CSL despite being contracted at Roma until 2021.
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao are also believed to be interested in Nainggolan, but Beijing said they had never targeted the Belgium international.
"We have never approached Roma and Nainggolan has never appeared in our head coach's lists of transfer targets," the club's general manager Li Ming told Chinese reporters.
"The story of Guoan jostling with Evergrande for the signing of Nainggolan is utterly groundless.