Pep Guardiola wants to see the Premier League and EFL come together to finalise a rescue package to keep the lower leagues afloat.
City's rivals Manchester United and Liverpool were involved in proposals to transform the running of the game this week. The plans would have seen the big six clubs handed significant power, with the trickle-down of revenues strengthening the EFL, as well as immediate £250m bailout to those clubs.
But the Project Big Picture proposals were killed off on Wednesday when a meeting of all 20 Premier League clubs rejected the ideas put forward by United and Liverpool, with support from EFL chairman Rick Parry.
Guardiola said he didn't pay much attention to the "hypothetical suggestions" but insists he's a big fan of the lower leagues and wants a solution that works for the whole game.
"I want the best for football and the best for English football. I don’t have an opinion, first because I didn’t listen to the hypothetical suggestions," said Guardiola.
"What I want is the best for football. I am a big fan of local teams because I came from one of those - so League One, League Two in Spain and Catalonia. I don’t know honestly what exactly is the situation.
"I remember in Catalonia with Barcelona and here in England arrived in the Premier League. There was an incredible amount of pessimism around the Premier League, a lot was said about it wouldn’t be good and they should have stayed with how it was before.
"And after, the Premier League is now maybe the best league in the world for many, many reasons. But I don’t have an opinion, I just want the best for football and make the Premier League as strong as possible and of course for the local teams because the towns and villages love their own teams and that is the point. I am pretty sure they will find the best solution for football.
