Manchester City reportedly have no interest in signing Real Madrid midfielder Isco this summer amid speculation linking the Premier League leaders with a swoop for the Spaniard.
According to Stuart Brennan of the Manchester Evening News, while City are long-term admirers of Isco, the club's hierarchy will not pursue any transfer at the end of the campaign.
"They had made Isco their number one target in the summer of 2013, when incoming manager Manuel Pellegrini earmarked him as the man to transform City's midfield," noted Brennan. "But that bid was thwarted when Isco had a brilliant tournament at the European Under-21 Championships, and Madrid intervened to snatch him from under their noses.