Guillem Balague has dismissed rumours of Pep Guardiola taking over at Manchester City as ‘rubbish’. Guillem Balague has dismissed rumours of Pep Guardiola taking over at Manchester City as ‘rubbish’.

Guillem Balage says reports that Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich for Manchester City in the summer are ‘rubbish’.

The sports channel beIN Sports tweeted on Saturday afternoon that the Bayern boss had reached a verbal agreement to take over at the Etihad.

But, speaking on Sky Sports, Spanish football expert Balague said there is absolutely no truth in the claim.

“I have asked both clubs and the entourage of the manager and two of the three have come out with the same word: rubbish,” said Balague.

“It is nonsense, nothing in it - no agreement, no talks, nothing in it at all.”

Guardiola’s Bayern Munich suffered their fourth straight defeat on Saturday as they were shocked 1-0 at home by Ausburg in the Bundesliga and face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final, second leg on Tuesday trailing 3-0 after defeat in Spain.

City manager Manuel Pellegrini has refused to be drawn on questions about his future after the defending champions fell short in their defence of their Premier League title this season and face QPR on Sunday, live on Super Sunday.