Pep Guardiola denies interest in Real Madrid defender

Marca reported this morning that Pep Guardiola wanted to sign Real Madrid defender Raphaël Varane away from Real Madrid, but according to a tweet by Bundesliga expert Miguel Gutiérrez, he has denied such rumors.

NOTICIA :PEP GUARDIOLA acaba de desmentir el presunto interés del BAYERN MUNICH en RAPHAËL VARANE(21)del REAL MADRID."Es totalmente falso".

— Miguel Gutiérrez (@MiguelGutie77ez) January 10, 2015

Even if Guardiola was interested in Varane, Real Madrid would not let the French walk away from the Bernabéu, so this quote by Guardiola doesn't make that big of a difference.

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