Barcelona do not want Federico Bernardeschi

Josep Maria Bartomeu has declared that Barcelona do not want to sign Fiorentina midfielder Bernardeschi, a player who has been linked to the club in recent months. He told SKy Italia: "He's a great player. We have followed him, like other footballers. He's a Fiorentina player, he has a contract and I'm sure that he will keep doing well there."

The club's international sporting director Ariedo Braida also said the same recenty: "He's a good player and a boy with talent, but we have enough players that play the same role as him on the pitch. No, he is not a player that interests us."

Bartomeu spoke about Paul Pogba too. "All the big clubs are following Pogba because he's a top draw footballer, but I'm a friend of Agnelli and I respect Juventus. It's difficult to talk about their players."

Of Messi, who Inter Milan president Erick Thohir said he would love to sign one day, Bartomeu added: "Messi has a big contract with Barcelona and is very happy to play for us. His desire, and ours, is that he finishes his football career defending the Barcelona shirt."