European Paper Talk: Real Madrid keeping tabs on Man City starlet Brahim Diaz

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After his match-winning double against Fulham in the Carabao Cup this week, Real Madrid are reportedly keen on Manchester City's 19-year-old Spanish attacker Brahim Diaz. (Marca)

With Malcom failing to make Barcelona's squad again for this weekend's game against Rayo Vallecano, coach Ernesto Valverde has identified former Athletic Bilbao forward Iker Muniain as a potential replacement for the Brazilian who only joined in the summer from Bordeaux. (Don Balon)

Pep Guardiola has denied ever asking to sign Lionel Messi from former club Barcelona - either at Bayern Munich or Manchester City. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner has been persistently linked with a reunion with his former boss but Guardiola has moved to end those rumours, saying: "I said many, many times, when I left Barca and went to Bayern and now City, I never asked Messi to come here or Bayern." (AS)