BAYERN MUNICH BOSS Pep Guardiola declined to speak to the media on Friday as speculation around a potential move to Manchester City increases.
The Spanish coach has long been linked to the Premier League side, but the rumours intensified on Friday as some reports suggested a deal was close.
Guardiola is yet to renew his contract with the Bundesliga giants, with his current deal due to expire at the end of the season.
And while Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insisted that talks were set to begin in the coming weeks, the ex-Barcelona manager has only added further uncertainty to his future by deciding not to attend Friday’s press conference in the build-up to his side’s Bundesliga meeting with Hertha Berlin.
Bayern announced that the coach would not be there to address the media because of a “private appointment”, and would be replaced by defender Jerome Boateng.
The 44-year-old has won two Bundesliga titles with the Bavarian giants, as well as a DFB-Pokal and a Club World Cup, but he has failed to make it beyond the Champions League semi-finals on two occasions with the club.
Bayern currently sit top of the German top flight with an eight-point lead over second-placed Borussia Dortmund.
