Pep Guardiola fears Manchester City’s spending power may be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and says landing a successor to Leroy Sane is not a top priority at present.
Clubs around the world – even those with the deepest pockets – are set to be hit hard by the Covid-19 outbreak.
With regular sources of income blocked off as games are staged behind closed doors, on the back of a three-month period of lockdown, a closer eye is having to be kept on purse strings across the board.
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Guardiola is fully aware of that, with there no guarantee that City’s billionaire owner, Sheikh Mansour, will be opening the cheque book again.