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Newcastle United have not received a bid for Ayoze Perez from Barcelona - despite reports of a £15million offer.

The Nou Camp side tracked Perez before he signed for the Magpies in 2014 along with a host of top clubs such as Real Madrid, Schalke 04, Valencia and Borussia Dortmund.

However, Newcastle moved quickly to persuade him to swap Tenerife for Tyneside and the player has settled brilliantly at Newcastle.

Perez is likely to start the season in Newcastle’s attack and Rafa Benitez is pleased with his work in pre-season.

But while there is clearly some interest from Barcelona, the Chronicle understands that Newcastle have no desire to sell the Spanish striker.

Managing director Lee Charnley was the man who pushed hard to sign Perez two years ago when the club snatched a £1.5million bargain.

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Former Barcelona director of football Andoni Zubizarreta has admitted the Catalan giants’ interest in the player in the past and said: “A player I couldn’t sign?

“We tried to sign Ayoze Perez.

“I thought he was an interesting player, first for the B-team.”

Perez has been in good form in pre-season and has netted three goals so far.

The Spaniard is under contract at Newcastle until 2021.