adminMANCHESTER. – Pep Guardiola is already planning to make newly-crowned English Premiership soccer champions Manchester City even stronger for next season. City want to stay ahead of the chasing pack in the Premier League and make a renewed bid to lift the Champions League for the first time.
Guardiola has already splashed nearly £450m in two seasons in charge at the Etihad and will be handed another huge transfer kitty by the club’s Abu Dhabi owners to strengthen all three departments of his team – defence, midfield and attack.
Manchester City wanted Kylian Mbappe last summer and are ready to pounce if Paris St Germain fall foul of UEFA’s financial fair play rules and are forced to abandon their plan to turn the France wonderboy’s loan deal from Monaco into a £167m permanent move this summer.
That appears unlikely at the moment, but City have other attacking targets to provide competition and cover for Sergio Aguero, who will be 30 in June, and Brazilian youngster Gabriel Jesus, who have both had long spells out injured this season.
They could renew their interest in Riyad Mahrez after having a £60m offer rejected by Leicester in January, and they will continue to monitor Eden Hazard’s situation at Chelsea. -The Daily Express.
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