Pep Guardiola has been quizzed on Manchester City's supposed interest in Lionel Messi now that a Barcelona icon has hit free agency and will not be signing a new contract at Camp Nou.
The former Blaugrana boss has said: "We spent £40m on Jack Grealish. We paid £100m and brought in £60m.
"He will wear the No.10 because we were convinced with Grealish and we were were convinced Leo would continue at Barcelona, so right now he is not in our thoughts."
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The Reds completed their European training camp with two wins over Bologna in France on Thursday, where there were plenty of standout performers
Liverpool’s gruelling four-week European training camp ended with victory over Bologna in two pre-season mini-games in France on Thursday,
The Reds won both 60-minute matches in Evian, triumphing 2-0 in game one thanks to early goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, and seeing Takumi Minamino’s fine strike give them a 1-0 success in game two.