Was Newey ever on Toto Wolff's radar? Mercedes explain

As the two Mercedes drivers finished in P3 and P9 in Azerbaijan with a bit of luck after an enormous crash between Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez, the German team got a break in terms of the result compared to the points they were about to earn if the race finished on Lap 48. In Baku, Toto Wolff was asked the question, was ever signing Adrian Newey to the team was an option for his team?