Guardiola insisted that Man City is ready to leave without a striker amid ongoing talk of Harry Kane’s possible move from Tottenham.
What did Guardiola say?
City is leaning towards adding another center forward to its ranks ahead of the new season, seeing club legend Aguero at the end of his final contract in June. Harry Kane is reportedly topping Pep Guardiola’s list of goals, but the Spaniard is ready to continue with his current roster if the Premier League champions fail to push the lane deal.
Pep Guardiola addressed whether City should replace Sergio Aguero after seeing his side suffer a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Leicester City in the Community Shield final on Saturday. Guardiola said it depends on whether it is possible. If so, then if not they go without an attacker. Seven or eight players will be back tomorrow. That’s why, Guardiola thinks, at the start of the season, they will try to get results without being in their best condition. According to Pep, they know they won’t be at their best, but the players will be better next Sunday. This is the process they have to do.
Harry Kane aims to win the biggest prizes
City is poised to put up a £ 100 million inaugural bid for Harry Kane, but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is reportedly going to hold out close to £ 150 million. Harry Kane is believed to be keen to get through the turn as he aims to start winning the biggest prizes in the game after another trophy season with Tottenham in 2020-21. However, England International still has three years to run on his current contract and it is unclear if City will be ready to break the UK transfer record again, having already forked out £ 100m to sign Grealish from Aston Villa.