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Pep Guardiola (AFP)
Pep Guardiola (AFP)

Berlin - Pep Guardiola has dismissed out of hand rumours he will quit Bayern Munich on Monday with a year left on his contract to become Manchester City coach for next season.

"Oh, boys. I have said 200 million times that I have a year left on my contract and will be here next season. That's it!," said an exasperated Guardiola ahead of their Champions League semi-final, second leg, against Barcelona having lost the first leg 3-0 away.

There were fresh claims over the weekend that Premier League giants City are negotiating with Guardiola to bring the 44-year-old to the Etihad Stadium to replace Manuel Pellegrini as head coach.

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