Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, admits a serious mistake: not recruiting this summer.

Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, acknowledged his share of responsibility for the difficulties his team is going through. Neither in the English Premier League nor in the Champions League, City has not found its best colors. The Spanish coach said he perhaps should have carried out a squad rebuild during the last transfer market, where he made only one notable addition: German Ilkay Gündogan, who was who left for FC Barcelona, ​​as well as the Brazilian Savinho, from ES Troyes in France.

“During the summer, the club considered recruiting and I said: no, I don’t want new recruits”Guardiola said during his last press conference. He said the decision was entirely up to him, based on his confidence in his players, although he did not expect a series of major injuries.

“I have great confidence in these boys and I thought we could repeat our successes, but after the injuries we suffered, maybe we should have recruited”he added.

City, which faces Brentford this Tuesday, February 14, occupies sixth position in the Premier League, twelve points behind the leader, Luis Díaz’s Liverpool, who total 46 points while having a game less. The club is eliminated from the League Cup and, in the Champions League, it will have a decisive match against Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain, scheduled for Wednesday January 22, in order to avoid a premature exit.

In addition, the club is facing numerous injuries this season, notably that of Rodrigo Hernandezthe Spanish midfielder who won the Ballon d’Or, and who is suffering from a torn cruciate ligament. Other players, such as English full-back Kyle Walker, captain and emblematic figure of the team, have expressed the wish to leave the club during this winter transfer window.