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Manchester City will not be signing Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, according to sporting director Ferran Soriano.
The Etihad club have flexed their financial muscles over the course of the last year to secure a number of high-profile players, notably twice breaking the transfer record for a defender by moving for Tottenham’s Kyle Walker and Monaco’s Benjamin Mendy.
But Messi will not be following them to Manchester, despite a strong relationship with manager Pep Guardiola.
“There is no chance of signing Messi,” Soriano said.