Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola has ruled out promoting a youngster to replace Seydou Keita.

Keita is leaving Barca for Mali's African Nations Cup campaign.

"We'll carry on bringing in players from the reserves depending on how they are. This doesn't mean that, later on, we won't bring someone into the first team. Cuenca is a good example: he came in, we were persuaded, and he stayed," said Guardiola.