Barcelona coach Luis Enrique dismissed talk of a possible transfer for forward Pedro during the final news conference prior to the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, saying that "we have already spoke about Pedro too much."
Barcelona has not confirmed media reports that the 28-year-old is on the verge of sealing a £20 million move to Old Trafford following talks last Monday, making no secret of their desire for Pedro to stay at the Camp Nou this summer.
"I would like to have all of our players all season. We have already spoken too much about Pedro. We will have a solution soon. I haven't put or taken a football player on or off the market," Luis Enrique said in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Barcelona is bidding to match one of the greatest years in its history by winning six titles in 2015.
After winning the Champions League and the Spanish league and cup double last season, Barcelona is looking to match its record-breaking 2009 calendar year by winning the UEFA and Spanish Super Cups, plus the Club World Cup.
"It's not so easy to get our six titles, very few teams have done that, but tomorrow we'll get started on that," said Andres Iniesta, who starts his first season as Barcelona captain following Xavi Hernandez's summer departure, through a translator. "We're very excited to secure those six titles once again."
Luis Enrique also said he would rather not make an issue about the absence of Neymar, who will miss two weeks with the mumps.
Neymar was ruled out on Sunday even though the club said he had previously been vaccinated against the disease.
"Both teams are missing players, I prefer to focus on what we can do with those players we have. We lose potential but that is why teams have strong benches," he said.
"We'll miss his energy and joy," fellow Brazilian Dani Alves said of Neymar.
Left-back Jordi Alba is also absent with a thigh injury, while summer arrivals Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan are ineligible until January due to a transfer ban. They have still traveled to Tbilisi, as has Pedro.
"As a teammate and as a player, with all his capabilities, we really hope [Pedro] will stay with us because he's a world category player, spectacular," Iniesta said. "He's still our teammate, he's here with us to earn this first title of the season with us."
For Barcelona, the game follows a busy preseason with games in the United States, Italy and the club's home ground Camp Nou, while for Europa League holder Sevilla, it comes after a summer of change.
Three of the players who started for Sevilla in May's Europa League final have left, including Colombian striker Carlos Bacca, who scored twice in the final, a 3-2 win over Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Among the new faces for Unai Emery's team is Ukrainian winger Yevhen Konoplyanka, who played for Dnipro in that game.
Emery said through a translator that he was "content" with Konoplyanka's adaptation to the team, aided by the arrival of Russian-speaking assistant coach Dmitry Cheryshev, and that the winger's output had been solid in pre-season but "it needs to be even better."
The Super Cup is the first major European final to be held in Georgia, where conditions are likely to be warm and dry, despite a very late kickoff. That will suit European TV networks, but not necessarily the local fans who rushed for tickets in a rapid sell-out.
The Super Cup was played in Monaco from 1998 until 2012, but now takes place at a neutral venue chosen by UEFA. That spreads the spoils of UEFA competition around smaller federations at a time when UEFA president Michel Platini is running for president of FIFA.
Sevilla will be without French midfielder Steven N'Zonzi due to a stomach bug caused by salmonella. The Andalusian club has also confirmed there are doubts over Adil Rami and Timothee Kolodziejcak. Coach Unai Emery said he may have to field a makeshift defence, formed by Mariano Ferreira, Coke, Krychowiak and Tremoulinas.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.