Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has reportedly been granted a £100m January transfer budget.
City have been relatively frugal this summer with Erling Haaland, Sergio Gomez, Julian Alvarez, Stefan Ortega and Kalvin Phillips coming in. The costs of these players have been balanced out by the departures of the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
However, this season is unlike any other that has come before it with the World Cup in Qatar set to split the campaign in two from November. As always with a tournament of this magnitude, little known players can rise to prominence with solid performances for their national team.
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Should this occur, according to The Sun, Guardiola will not be hamstrung by finances. Their report claims that the City hierarchy have given him significant funds in case there is a player that takes his fancy in Qatar.
Elsewhere, Barcelona have reportedly accepted that they will not be signing Bernardo Silva this summer. City had made it clear that the Portuguese star, who scored against Crystal Palace on Saturday, was not for sale.
This is believed to have not stopped the Camp Nou outfit from being interested in Bernardo. However, Diario AS, reports that Barca have abandoned their plans to sign the 28-year-old due to the price tag he would likely command.
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