Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is reluctant to push to prise Lionel Messi away from Barcelona.
There is now just over a month to go before Messi can sign a pre-contract with a foreign club as his contract runs down.
Diario Gol says Guardiola is reluctant to chase a deal for Messi as he does not want to upset Barcelona fans by trying to prise their star man from Spain.
He fears that would ruin his chances of returning to the club in the future.
The report also suggests that the relationship between the pair is actually cold, and that they have spoken rarely since they parted company in 2012.