Pep Guardiola says that Manchester City will explore ‘other priorities’ in the transfer window amid reports that Bayern Munich have increased their offer for wantaway forward Leroy Sane.
Guardiola revealed on Friday afternoon that Sane has rejected numerous offers of a new contract and wants to move elsewhere, with Bayern Munich hotly tipped to end the German winger's four-year stint at the Etihad Stadium.
Reports in Germany claim that Bayern have now made a £36million bid for the Germany international, having previously only been prepared to offer £30m with Sane entering the final year of his contract.
But as reported by Standard Sport earlier this month, City are prepared to play hardball and make Sane see out his current deal rather than sanction a sale on the cheap, having wanted £140m for the player last summer.
And Guardiola is in no rush to sign a replacement for the winger, with City prioritising defensive reinforcements.
"First, Leroy is our player, I don't know if he is going to leave this summer or going to leave at the end of the contract," said Guardiola.
"We have a lot of good players up front. Gabriel (Jesus) can play on the left, Phil Foden can play on the left, we have Raheem (Sterling) there as well, so we have talented players up front.
"Most of them, they are in good and healthy condition, like Phil, Gabriel and Raheem, they can play regularly for a long time. They are so stable in terms of injury situations so I think we have other priorities.
"But after coronavirus, the situation economically, financially for clubs is changing so I don't know what is the situation. We are going to see at the end of this season."
As for whether he will definitely attempt to sign a defender when the transfer window opens at the end of the season, Guardiola laid the challenge down to his existing players to prove their worth.
He said: "I don't know because it depends on the people who stay and maybe the last two months that they make a step forward and we decide to continue with the same people. I don't know right now."
