The youth trained at La Masia for a couple of weeks, but it was never the Catalans' intention to sign him on a permanent deal
Barcelona have rejected reports that they made an approach to sign 11-year-old Brazilian Manu.
The Catalan club have told Goal that stories suggesting that they were set to be reported to FIFA are false and furthermore confirmed that they never considered signing the youngster.
It would have been illegal for the Camp Nou outfit to have signed a non-European player under the age of 18, but in any case, they do not believe that he is of the required level.