I Regret Not Buying New Players – Guardiola

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has admitted he regret rejecting the chance to revamp his squad in the summer.

Guardiola now believes it was a wrong decision, after watching injuries play a huge role in their disappointing start to the season.

City are set to refresh the team during the January window.

The Premier League champions have already agreed a fee for Lens defender Abdukodir Khusanov and are in negotiations for Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush.

Guardiola says he should have sanctioned more recruitment during the summer after only signing Savinho and the returning Ilkay Gündogan.

“I always said in the summer time – the club thought about doing it – and I said: ‘No, I don’t want to make any signings,’” Guardiola said.

“I rely on the team and I want to stay with them. Just Savio came, Gundo back — I wasn’t expecting that at the end — but he came back and just Savio came.

“And I said, because I rely a lot with these guys and I thought still I can do it again, do it again with those guys and do it. But after the injuries, wow, maybe we should have done it,” he added.