Lionel Messi has dismissed suggestions he did not want Barcelona to sign Antoine Griezmann as a "lie".
Griezmann joined the La Liga champions in a long-anticipated €120 million (£108m/$132m) transfer ahead of the 2019-20 season.
Barca were also heavily linked with trying to bring Neymar back to Camp Nou but Messi insists a desire to be reunited with his former team-mate did not mean he was cold on the Griezmann deal.
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"Obviously it is a lie that I did not want Griezmann," he told RAC1.