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Pep Guardiola rejected Jürgen Klopp's claim that Manchester City would live in a "fantasia country" where they could spend £ 200 million each year, claiming that the triple winners had been successful on a £ 17 million budget last season.
City vs. Liverpool, the only Premier League club to have yet signed any senior deal this summer, in the Community Shield Sunday after Klopp claimed that only City, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid could afford to invest huge amounts each year.
Although Guardiola broke City's transfer record for a second consecutive summer, with Rodri replacing Riyad Mahrez as the biggest purchase in their history, he is adamant that he has not invested much.
"It bothers me because it's not true that we spent £ 200 million per window. So it's Liverpool; you will never walk alone; it's not a small team, it's Liverpool. So of course I do not like it.
Guardiola's total expenditures in City amount to about £ 600 million after Atlético Madrid's acquisition of Rodri for £ 63 million. They were concentrated in their first two years at Etihad Stadium and have since been offset by sales by marginal players.
"Last season we spent [a net] £ 17m on a single player, "he said. "Two seasons ago, we spent a lot, it was because I had taken over a team of 10 or 11 players aged 30 and over, so I had to do it. But we can not spend 200 million pounds each season. For example, Liverpool spent more than 200 million pounds last season and can not do it this season, so it's the same thing.
"We bought a player [Rodri] this summer and paid the [£5.3m] redemption clause for Angelino [to re-sign the reserve left-back from PSV Eindhoven] and that's the reality. Clubs can not spend a lot of money each season. "
Guardiola said that there could be entries and exits to City during the last week of the match, while Portuguese international João Cancelo could arrive from Juventus, possibly in exchange for Danilo.
The manager of the city is categorical. Leroy Sané will have to apply for the move to join Bayern Munich. The former Guardiola club wooed the winger all summer, with coach Niko Kovac, claiming this week that he was confident of signing Sané.
City wants £ 135 million for the German international and Guardiola said: "If he knocks on the door and tells me that he wants to leave, then, okay, let's talk at the club. But nobody told me that. That's why he's our player, he's my player. "
Guardiola ignored Bayern's comments on Sané's situation. "I am not disappointed. I know most of them. Moreover, I speak too much sometimes. I'm pretty sure that they do not do it to offend us. "
The city manager said the prospect of signing a contract extension by Sané had retreated. The winger's current contract expires in 2021 and Guardiola said: "We want it to stay because we are trying to extend the contract for more than a year. We were pretty close a month ago. It was close and now it is not the case.
City will begin life after Vincent Kompany at Wembley on Sunday with Guardiola saying the players would choose the Belgian's successor as captain. Vice-Captain David Silva is expected to lead City against Liverpool, but a captaincy candidate, Fernandinho, has not yet joined his teammates after Copa America. Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva are other alternatives and Guardiola said: "When Fernandinho come back, we will decide who will be the captain. They must [choose], I'm not going to. "
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