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"It's not just one or two teams that pay a lot on salaries, there are plenty of them," says the boss of Man City.

Pep Guardiola says that it's important to find a balance between player salaries

Pep Guardiola insists that Manchester City will not pay too high wages to recruit its main targets.

City, this week, lost to Barcelona in the pursuit of Ajax's highly rated midfielder, Frenkie de Jong.

The midfielder from the Netherlands will be transferred to Nou camp under a £ 65 million contract this summer. The 21-year-old would earn about £ 300,000 a week.

Frenkie de Jong should earn more in Barcelona than he would have done in City

In this case, Guardiola agrees that the Barca's appeal is strong, but it is understood that the salary was also higher than what the city was willing to pay.

The boss of the city, Guardiola, said: "I think we are trying to maintain harmony in the locker room with salaries.

"When you have no balance with that, there is always a room problem in the locker room."

"One of the good things that City has done is to keep that balance."

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Transfer fees and salaries are constantly rising, but despite the city's modern reputation for generous investment, the city has shown that it is not prepared to spend more if it believes that transactions are not good value.

Alexis Sanchez, Dani Alves and Jorginho are among the players who have been pursued by City in the recent past, but only to allow the installation of other clubs.

Guardiola believes that there will be more emphasis on early detection of talent.

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He said, "Actually, it's not just one or two teams that pay a lot on salaries, there are many, many, many.

"Earlier, rumors circulated about PSG and Manchester City, it's over, everyone can pay a lot in fees and wages, there are many, and sometimes we can not compete with that.

"We have to be faster, faster and not worry, in the end we want players who want to come here."

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De Jong is the last target in the midfield to have overtaken City to look for a natural replacement for Fernandinho, frustrated by Fred and Jorginho.

But Guardiola said: "I have often repeated that it was impossible to fight Barcelona and Madrid – for the prestige, the incredible league, the incredible clubs that they are.

"Players have to make their own decisions.When they do not want to come, it's because they want another place.There are other options and we will try if we think we need players in this position. "

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