Javi Garcia has wrote off Manchester City as a Champions League contender this season.

The former Real Madrid and City midfielder now plays in Portugal with Boavista. Real and City will meet in the semifinal.

Garcia told AS: "Of course I'm going to watch it. I think it will be easier for Madrid than the tie against Chelsea. I hope I'm not wrong, but I've said it before, City doesn't transmit anything to me to reach a Champions League final.

"They have players with a lot of quality, but I don't see anyone who imposes. I put myself in the situation of being at the Etihad playing against them and there is no one who gives me the fear that a City player can have when you see one from Madrid.

"I have seen many of their games, but not all of them because sometimes they are so superior to other teams that I prefer to watch others. If they get up on the right foot that day, they are decisive players, one of the best in their positions. But I don't know how he's going to get up on Tuesday. Madrid will surely compete until the end.

"The Champions League is their competition, City is about to carve out a niche there. It is true that the Champions League nights at the Etihad impacted me because the atmosphere was much colder than the one I had felt at the Bernabéu."