Manchester City's January spending was not a precautionary measure for a future transfer embargo, manager Pep Guardiola said, adding the club would learn the verdict of a hearing into their alleged violations of Premier League regulations in "one month".

Pep Guardiola has dismissed suggestions Manchester City's January spending spree was a pre-emptive strike against a possible future transfer embargo. 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,

Pep Guardiola denied Friday that Manchester City spent big in January in case the club are hit with a transfer embargo for alleged Premier League financial rule breaches. He revealed that he was expecting the outcome of the hearing into 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations within the coming weeks.

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.