Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola's admission that Manchester City cannot afford to capture a replacement for Sergio Aguero in the transfer window certainly represents a bombshell.
City are seen as the favourites in the hunt to land Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, ahead of the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool and Barcelona.
However, speaking ahead of City's Premier League clash against Leicester City, Guardiola poured cold water on the speculation by declaring a deal is out of the club's price range. "With the prices we are not going to buy any strikers, it is impossible, we can not afford it," he said, then going on to admit
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