Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany insists he would never leave the club to join Barcelona.
Kompany, 28, has helped City to two Premier League title, and FA Cup and League Cup since his arrival from Hamburg in 2008 for a small sum of six million pounds after he had suffered with injury throughout his career.
The centre-back signed a new contract at the Etihad last year and now claims there is no other club in world football that can make him as happy as City.
"I don't plan to leave Manchester City," he said, in quotes reported by the Daily Star. "I can't think of any club where I could have as much influence as I have here.
"I feel a bond with Manchester as a place, and with the fans. I would not even leave to join Barcelona."
Kompany also hit out at comparisons between his reported salary of 200,000 pounds-per-week and that of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.
"It's absurd to compare my salary with Michel's, but there are subtleties involved," he added. "Manchester City's matches are screened around the world.
"Thousands of bars live off them, and there are jobs for stewards, youth coaches and so on -- football is a vast economy. Millions of kids are inspired by the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Aguero.
"It is true that footballers earn a lot of money. But if you see how much the game brings in, the players have something they can say in their favour."