Manchester City slips from the race to Erling Haaland, the jewel of world football, currently at Borussia Dortmund, and coveted by some of the biggest clubs in Europe.
The news comes directly from the Citizens coach, Pep Guardiola, who, speaking on the eve of the Premier League match against Leicester, explained how, "almost certainly", his club will not intervene on the market to buy a striker to replace Sergio Aguero. who will leave City at the end of the season.
The reason for the renunciation of Haaland is soon said, even if it seems strange that to say it is the coach of one of the richest companies in the world: the financial crisis caused by Covid-19 and the no longer sustainable costs of an operation like that for snatch the Norwegian bomber from the competition. "With the current economic crisis in the world of football - said Guardiola - it is very likely that we will not be able to buy a striker this summer. At these prices we cannot buy anyone, it is practically impossible". "I don't know what will happen in the summer - added Gaurdiola -, maybe in the end we will get someone. But maybe maybe, and it is much more likely that we will not buy anyone".