MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the club could break their transfer record and spend over 100 million pounds ($139 million) on a player, amid speculation over the future of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland. Guardiola last week described the prospect of another record breaking transfer in the close season as “impossible”, though on Monday he softened that stance by claiming a 100 million-pound signing was possible. “So far the club has decided not to spend not close to 100 million pounds for a player, or more than that on a player,” Guardiola told a news conference. Guardiola refused to talk about the prospect of signing Norway international Haaland but hailed the 20-year-old’s “exceptional” qualities. “When that happens it’s because he can score with the right, the left, the counter attacks, in the box.”

Source: Egypt Today April 05, 2021 14:48 UTC