MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola (pix) has claimed Manchester City would be “killed” if they spent as much money on new signings as Chelsea have over the las...
has claimed Manchester City would be “killed” if they spent as much money on new signings as Chelsea have over the last 12 months.
But Guardiola is adamant their approach had always been prudent, in contrast to the wild spending by Todd Boehly's ownership group at Stamford Bridge.City have signed Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic in this window for a combined £100 million, yet Guardiola was quick to show irritation over the astronomical sums paid by Chelsea.
“You will kill me. That is for sure. We’d be under scrutiny like you couldn’t imagine. When people say just Manchester City and Pep Guardiola buy players, I didn’t know I had a lot of money in my pocket to buy all the players I have.“We wanted Maguire and didn’t buy him because we didn’t want to pay. We wanted Cucurella and didn’t pay. We wanted Alexis Sanchez and didn’t pay.Guardiola tried to insist he was not criticising Chelsea, but the Catalan clearly feels a sense of double standards.
“If they want to spend, I don’t know, £900 million since arrived, 900 more, 900 more. They have it. The business is the business. They sell a lot this season so they can do it.
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