Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique has put paid to speculation he could join Pep Guardiola at Manchester City in the summer by confirming that his love for Manchester United is too strong for him to consider joining their cross-town rivals.





Guardiola is taking over City at the end of the season and has been linked with signing a host of his former Barcelona players.





Pique, Neymar and Lionel Messi are among the leading names linked with moves to the Etihad Stadium but with Barca's ongoing success on the pitch, moves seem unlikely at best.

Neymar has reportedly signed a new five-year contract at Camp Nou, but Pique is among the first to officially confirm that he will not be moving to Manchester, according to ​Goal.





The 29-year-old said: "I’d try another league in the future, when I have only a few years of my career left. Maybe America, but no-one knows what will happen in the future.





"My love for (Manchester) United is too strong to go to City, so I don’t see myself in their shirt, even though Pep is a great coach."

He also spoke on the future of Neymar, who as well as being linked with a move to Manchester has been touted as a potential target for Real Madrid. But Pique, speaking on Periscope, seemed pretty certain that the Brazilian would never make the move across Spain - insisting he'd bet his own limb on the transfer not happening.





Pique said: “I’d bet an arm or a hand that Ney will never join Madrid.





“He likes Barcelona very much, he’s in love with the club and I think he’ll stay here for many years."





Pique scored the winner for Barcelona in Sunday night's match against Sevilla at Camp Nou, as Barca moved ten points clear at the top of La Liga.

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