Man City have been strongly linked with a move for the Argentina international, though are running out of time to complete a deal.

The deadline comes alongside the Blues' asking price of £120million.

“Not today, to be honest. I don't think we're going to do something today,” was the Italian’s response in Friday morning’s pre-match press conference.

"In this moment, again, I have to give you the same answer since day one. It will always be the same. It's a player from another club, I don't think it's correct to talk about him.

"At the same time, I don't think it's correct for other clubs to speak about our players. That's why I'm not going to say anything about players that aren't with us."

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"Tij is not officially done, but we'll see in the next hour,” Maresca added. “I already spoke with him a few times in pre-season, then we will see if he is going to leave or if he is going to stay.

“In the way he was playing in the pre-season games, I was quite happy with his performance overall. I know Tij from Italy, from Milan when he was there so I know him quite well.

“I know there he was playing in a different position, he likes to play a little more deep rather than high up the pitch, but again in the pre-season he was good, then we'll see what happens and we'll decide."