'Totally false!' - Man City deny reports that Guardiola will join Juventus

Manchester City have denied reports that coach Pep Guardiola will leave the club to join Juventus

City board member Alberto Galassi told Sky Sport Italia: “As a City board member, I was surprised to read such codswallop.

“He’s our Coach and, he wants to stay with us. He can’t understand how his word is not being heard. It’s all a falsehood.

“The first thing a serious club does in these cases is to contact the other club. It’s unthinkable that City are unaware of his supposed presentation in just a few days.

“The story is totally without foundation. We don’t understand why a club should intervene for the umpteenth time to say Guardiola doesn’t want to leave Manchester City. This question doesn’t exist.”

However, Galassi did reveal he had talked to Bianconeri supremo Pavel Nedved.

“We’ve known each other for a long time, we had a laugh. Juventus are a club that don’t need to be defended and we both realised that the issue had become ridiculous.

“I’m sorry for the Juventus fans, but they’ll have to find another Coach.”