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Monaco intervened at the 11th hour to prevent their left-back Layvin Kurzawa attending City's Champions League tie with Bayern Munich, according to reports.

Kurzawa, 22, apparently flew into Manchester as a guest of City's for the Etihad Stadium encounter on Tuesday night.

However, L'Equipe report that Monaco prevented Kurzawa from entering the stadium and the France Under-21 full-back ended up watching the match on television.

"Sorry for the rumours but tonight it's the Champions League in front of the TV," Kurzawa tweeted.

Kurzawa is out of Monaco's penultimate Champions League group stage match at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night with a thigh injury.

City are in the market for a new left-back, despite Aleksandar Kolarov signing a new three-year contract in June.

The Serbian has been sidelined this month through injury, which has allowed Gael Clichy to make his case for the first team shirt. Neither, though, have fully convinced.

Kurzawa hit the headlines in October when he goaded City striker John Guidetti during France and Sweden's Under-21 European Championship qualifier.

Kurzawa's 88th-minute goal appeared to have secured Sweden's spot at next year's Czech Republic tournament, only for Oscar Lewicki to score almost immediately and send Sweden through 4-3 on aggregate.

Guidetti and his teammates mocked Kurzawa by imitating his gesture.