Barcelona chief Raul Sanllehi 'refuses chance to join Manchester City'

Barcelona director Raul Sanllehi has reportedly turned down an offer to join the Manchester City hierarchy.

The Premier League champions have orchestrated a boardroom shuffle by appointing Ferran Soriano as chief executive in August and securing Txiki Begiristain as the club's new director of football.

It is believed that the North West outfit tried to lure Sanllehi away from the Nou Camp but the businessman is thought to have revealed his intentions to stay in Spain, according to El Mundo Deportivo.

Meanwhile, City are preparing to go head to head with West Ham United this weekend.