Pep Guardiola said Manchester City are judged differently to Chelsea when it comes to their transfer spending in recent years.
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City would be under intense scrutiny from the media had they spent as much as Chelsea have in the last two years, but has no problem with the London club's transfer approach as long as they are satisfying financial rules.
Asked if he has found the transfer market more difficult this year, Guardiola replied unprompted: "For Chelsea it is easier than us, for sure!"I couldn't sit here if we spent what Chelsea spent in the last two transfer windows - you would kill me. You will kill me, that is for sure. We'd be under scrutiny like you couldn't imagine."
"I have admiration for Todd Boehly. I met him. I'm glad they did it, of course they can do it. They can do whatever they want. If they want to spend, I don’t know, £900 million since he arrived, 900 more, 900 more. They have it. The business is the business. They sell a lot this season so they can do it.
Guardiola said: "Arsenal in three weeks spent on three incredible players because they want to beat us because our standards are there. They don’t want Man City to win again. They want top players to compete with us. First season, we didn’t win, second season kicked off, we buy 10 players - Kyle [Walker], Benja [Mendy], all the players, spent 200 million.
Guardiola previously touched on the impact of Saudi Arabia, with Riyad Mahrez joining Al Ahli for £30m and a number of other Premier League players leaving for the Saudi Pro League. With more players moving for ever-increasing transfer fees, Guardiola said that more transfer activity was positive for the sport - however much clubs may complain.
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