Pep Guardiola has denied that Manchester City's January recruitment drive was motivated by concern within the club that they could be hit with a transfer embargo.

Pep Guardiola refused that City's big spending January window was in fear of an impending transfer embargo.

Pep Guardiola denied yesterday that Manchester City spent big in January in case the club are hit with a transfer embargo for alleged Premier League

City made their first serious moves in a winter transfer window since signing Aymeric Laporte in 2018 as they splashed out £170million on Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez before Monday's deadline.