Manchester City will make a “couple” of more signatures this summer to strengthen Pep Guardiola’s squad, according to Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the club’s president.
Despite winning their fourth Premier League in five seasons, City have boosted their attack by paying 60 million euros for Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund’s Norwegian striker, and will also include the talent of Argentina’s Julián Álvarez, whom he lent to River Plate after investing 17 million euros in it last January.
But Mubarak, speaking on the City’s website, revealed that “we are looking to strengthen the areas we need to strengthen. Every season some players leave and we need to replace them. We will do some more. “We’ll try to go as fast as we can, but it’s not always there. It’s completely under our control.”
Kalvin Phillips and Cucurella, targets
Fernandinho left City at the age of 37, 9 seasons after his arrival, at the end of his contract on June 30, and the club intend to take Kalvin Phillips, midfielder for Leeds and the English team, in exchange. niya.
Another of Guardiola’s goals is for former Barça player Marc Cucurella, 23, to strengthen the left line after his excellent season at Brighton.
Without obsession for Champions
City, for all their successes at home, have yet to win the Champions League and Mubarak stressed the club’s desire to compete for big titles, rather than target one in particular.
“We prepare every season to try to win all the competitions,” Mubarak said. “That’s what’s happened over the last 10 years. You can’t doubt it in the last six years with Pep, we show up in every game with the full intention of trying to win.”
Guardiola’s contract expires in June 2023 and he has not issued a promise if he will renew. Mubarak also did not give a clear answer. “Pep never went to any club as long as he was at Manchester City,” he recalls. “It’s a partnership that has worked wonders. Next year will be another exciting chapter. The conversation will take place at the right time and speed and within the right framework for Pep.”
“We are the benchmark of football in the world”
City won the Premier League on the final day and had just one point advantage against Liverpool after returning from a 0-2 draw at the Etihad at Aston Villa (3-2). All indications are that next season the pulse between both teams will continue.
“Liverpool is a team that we highly respect. Like any rivalry, the one we have at Liverpool has improved us both,” Mubarak points out before concluding: “We are the benchmark in world football.”
Source: La Verdad
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