Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has played down the need for a major transfer spend across markets in 2025, despite ongoing injury problems and worsening results.Unprompted last week, the

The reaction to Manchester City’s 4-0 home defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday was a good example — this was, from City’s perspective, surely a collective collapse rather than one based on individual failings. But post-match coverage focused largely on Kyle Walker, and the space Tottenham found in behind him.