Britney Spears’ representatives have rubbished a property millionaire's claims he's engaged to the pop superstar.

Just weeks after Britney was romantically linked with a dancer on her Circus comeback tour, 40-year-old land developer John Sundahl claims he has been dating the pop star on and off since they met in rehab in 2007. He also claims his wedding proposal in a sandwich shop was accepted and the pair are planning a wedding in Germany.

The story originates from an interview the property tycoon’s personal pilot, Lance Chase, gave to the National Enquirer.

Chase told the tabloid, "Britney and John used to date, but they reconnected after her show in New Jersey, and now they're engaged. He got down on one knee in a Subway sandwich shop in Santa Monica (California) a week ago and proposed with a $4.5 million (R41 million) marquise-cut diamond. They plan on getting married at his aunt's farm in Germany in six weeks."

When approached by the New York Daily News to verify the story, John Sundahl backed it up, saying, "Britney doesn't want to do anything until the tour is over. She wants press for her tour and not for an engagement."

But the wedding plans appear to be news to Britney. Ridiculing Sundahl's claims, her representative tells the newspaper, "Britney is not engaged. She did not get proposed to at Subway - she is currently on tour - she is not getting married on a farm in Germany. Oh, and she has not been abducted by aliens."

What an odd story! Mind you, we have been telling our friends for years that we’re secretly engaged to Brad Pitt and he’s due any minute to fake his own death, then whisk us away to a secret tropical island paradise where we’ll live out the rest of our lives in peace and harmony with the kittens...

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