Man City boss Guardiola blasts back at Klopp over 'fantasy land' jibe

Football
2 Aug 2019 • 9:59 PM MYT
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits he's angry with the taunts of Jurgen Klopp over their spending.

Ahead of Sunday's Community Shield, Guardiola hit back at Liverpool boss Klopp's jibes about City's 'fantasy land' spending.

It bothers me," he said. Of course it bothers me, because it's not true that we spend 200m in every transfer market.

That is not true. So it's Liverpool, you'll never walk alone, so it's not a small team. It's Liverpool.

So of course I don't like it, because it's not true."

He continued: Two seasons ago if we spent a lot it's because I took over the team and we had 10 or 11 players over 30 years old so we had to do it.

But we cannot spend 200m every season. For example, last season Liverpool spent more than 200m, and cannot do it this season, but it's the same.

We bought one player this season and Angelino, who we made a buyback clause and came back with us and that's a reality.

Today clubs cannot spend every single season a lot of money. I don't know about other clubs, but if they can do it, they can do it.

That's why financial fair play and something is wrong, clubs that are not correct will be punished. That's a reality.

I am not commenting about other managers. They say what they want to say, but I say that is not true."