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Revealed: How much Pep Guardiola will be given in Man City January transfer war chest

The reigning Premier League champions were surprisingly quiet over the summer, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/completed-manchester-city-transfers-2024-25/bltb6cbccbb8fdf57ae" target="_blank">Savinho – a player already part of the City Football Group – the only signing</a> made where a fee changed hands. Former captain Ilkay Gundogan returned to the Etihad Stadium as a free agent after leaving Barcelona.

WHAT HAPPENED?

City are still waiting to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/doomsday-premier-league-expulsion-30-point-deduction-threats-man-city-title-winners-115-ffp-charges/blt69cd0dd3870c94ec" target="_blank">discover their fate in a long-running Financial Fair Play case</a> – while opening their own legal wrangle with the Premier League – but are prepared to splash more cash if head coach Guardiola feels additions are required.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

According to <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/30319012/man-city-pep-guardiola-transfer-wirtz-musiala/ " target="_blank">The Sun</a>, the Catalan coach will be given a nine-figure sum to work with in the new year if City believe that reinforcements will keep them in contention for more major honours. That budget was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/man-city-jackpot-julian-alvarez-club-record-fee-atletico-madrid-pep-guardiola-squad-rebuild/bltadbf62495e5298fd" target="_blank">boosted by summer sales of Julian Alvarez</a>, Joao Cancelo and Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

DID YOU KNOW?

City are said to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/Man-City-Florian-Wirtz-transfer-Mahrez/blt3208fa23b6c929fe" target="_blank">have Bayer Leverkusen starlet Florian Wirtz</a> and fellow 21-year-old playmaker, Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munich, on their long-term wish list – with it unlikely that deals for either of the Germany internationals could be completed midway through any given campaign.

WHAT NEXT?

Revealed: How much Pep Guardiola will be given in Man City January transfer war chest | Goal.com

Pep Guardiola will reportedly be handed a £100 million ($131m) transfer war chest in the January window if Manchester City decide to spend.