Premier League Transfer News: Manchester United willing to sell Paul Pogba if they get superstar in return, Guardiola gives January transfer update and more - January 11, 2019

#2 Pep Guardiola’s stance on January window

Guardiola says no to January signings

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed that the club are unlikely to make a signing in the January window.

While he did admit that the Etihad outfit have, in the past, signed players in the winter, their main ideology behind signing players is to be able to utilize them in the long term.

And that is difficult to achieve in the mid-season market.

"Sometimes we have done [made January signings],” he said.

"But normally, we buy one player, it's for the next five, six years - and normally these kind of situations in this transfer window don't happen.”

As a result, signing players in January is hard. Guardiola did admit that bringing someone on loan is easier in the January market but top clubs rarely make loan deals. He then added that if there are no injuries, then they can go on with the squad that they have.

"For loan players, maybe it can happen, but I think the big clubs don't buy players for just five or six months, and they don't sell in that period.

"If you don't have injuries if you are satisfied with the players, the squad you have, you go with them."

PEP: NO NEED FOR JANUARY SIGNINGS ❌@ManCity manager Pep Guardiola says the sort of players he would like to sign are not usually available in the January transfer window. 🤷‍♂️He is satisfied with his current squad.👍More on the story here: https://t.co/pRw03f6xRP pic.twitter.com/bHUWT79FjS

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) January 11, 2019