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Pep Guardiola admits turning down summer revamp

Pep Guardiola admitted that it was the wrong decision to turn down the chance to revamp his Manchester City squad in the summer.

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Guardiola turned down chance to revamp in summer

City have no choice but to bring in new talent during the January transfer window, as injuries have plagued the squad since the beginning of the season.

They are set to bring in Lens defender Abdukodir Khusanov and still have ongoing interest in Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush.

Guardiola said he should have made more moves beyond signing Savinho and the returning Ilkay Gundogan.

“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.”

How about the outgoing players?

Meanwhile, Kyle Walker won’t likely suit up in City’s Premier League game against Brentford on Tuesday, after he told the club he wants to explore the possibility of a move abroad in January.

The 34-year-old defender garnered interest from AC Milan.

Guardiola is also striving to keep James McAtee at Etihad Stadium, amid interest from Germany.

“Kyle is our player right now, so that’s all,” Guardiola said. “What’s going to happen, I don’t know. I would love to say categorically yes [McAtee will stay] but I don’t know. I would love him to stay here.

He added: “I was the one to say, I want Macca here. He didn’t play much minutes so far, but I was the one who said I want James here with us.”