Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has denied that Paris Saint-Germain offered Brazilian star Neymar to City in a player swap deal. “That’s not true,” the Catalan coach told a press conference timed to coincide with his team’s pre-season tour of the United States. I feel sorry for them, but their information is wrong. ”

Guardiola’s words came in response to an article in the French newspaper Le Parisien, which said Neymar was no longer needed in Paris and “could be used as a bargaining chip in exchange for a player from the City”. The article explains that “the club, coached by Josep Guardiola, reacted quickly by denying such a possibility. The Spaniard did not want to disturb the formation of his group in connection with the arrival of a star of this caliber.
Guardiola also said in response to this article: “Neymar is a great player and according to the information I have, he is a very good man. So leave him and let him show his amazing talent in Paris ”, complaining that“ every summer (as they say) Manchester City sign 150 players ”.
And City grew even before the winter transfer market opened, signing Norwegian national team striker Erling Halland from Borussia Dortmund. German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega Moreno of Armenia Bielefeld, English international midfielder Kelvin Phillips of Leeds United and 22-year-old Argentine striker Julian Alvarez, who bought him last season but remained in debt to his former River Plate team before how he joined its ranks. He joined the City this summer.
On the other hand, the English champions rejected Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal and Raheem Sterling at Chelsea.