Pep Guardiola is calm about Manchester City's hopes of signing Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao in a club record £57million deal.
Man City have agreed to Laporte's contract and are expected to land the 23-year-old French defender before the transfer window closes next week.
Guardiola was reluctant to be drawn on the issue, saying: 'He's a player for Bilbao. It's the same as other players in the clubs, I didn't speak about previous players. If it happens, it happens, if not then it doesn't.
'There are players in the past who are interesting, in the present there will be and in the future. Always we try to do our best for the squad, knowing the players we have.
'I said in the past we are trying to do the best for the squad for now, six months, years. If we are going to do something interesting we'll do it now, or in the summer and if not in the summer we'll stick with the guys who have done amazingly.'
Man City have agreed to Laporte's contract and are expected to land the 23-year-old French defender before the transfer window closes next week.
Guardiola was reluctant to be drawn on the issue, saying: 'He's a player for Bilbao. It's the same as other players in the clubs, I didn't speak about previous players. If it happens, it happens, if not then it doesn't.
'There are players in the past who are interesting, in the present there will be and in the future. Always we try to do our best for the squad, knowing the players we have.
'I said in the past we are trying to do the best for the squad for now, six months, years. If we are going to do something interesting we'll do it now, or in the summer and if not in the summer we'll stick with the guys who have done amazingly.'
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