Pep Guardiola denies Man City signings were made in case of transfer embargo

Pep Guardiola added four players to his Manchester City squad in January (Mike Egerton/PA) - (PA Wire)

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, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez before Monday’s deadline.