The former Blaugrana boss has been heavily linked with an Argentine superstar for some time, and he is now up for grabs after leaving Camp Nou
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.