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Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus has dismissed rumours linking him with Bayern Munich with a one word reply on Instagram.

Speculation raged over the summer mainly focused on Bayern's pursuit of a different City star, Leroy Sane.

The Germany international was wanted by the Bundesliga champions following the departures of both Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben.

Nevertheless, Sane stayed put after suffering an ACL injury against Liverpool and reports have now emerged that Jesus could have also moved to Germany.

Sport Bild claim Munich turned down the chance to sign the Brazilian over the summer.

The report states City were unwilling to part with Sane, offering Jesus instead in a deal that would have been worth less than £89million but Niko Kovac wasn't interested and rejected the deal.

Jesus quashed the speculation with a simple one word response on Instagram: "Lie."

City fans loved his response, labelling it "epic" saying the 22-year-old "is going nowhere".

The Brazil international has made eight appearances for City this season, scoring four goals.

In the meantime, Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge appears to have distanced the club from comments their president made last week about Sane.

Uli Hoeness, club president, suggested that their interest in the player is very much alive as he said that club bosses will "sit down in January and February" to assess how his recovery is going.

However, when asked by reporters about another potential move Rummenigge moved to downplay the fresh speculation created by one of his colleagues.

"To be honest I have no eye on him at all because I don't speak about players of other clubs in public," he said.

“The FIFA rules don't allow that anyway. And I will always stick to that."