Former Man City star tells new team-mate to snub transfer to join Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola is keen to adhd reinforcements to his squad successful this month's transportation window, but a erstwhile Manchester City prima has present warned 1 of their apical targets against a determination to the Etihad

Martin Zubimendi has been warned against joining Manchester City this period by 1 of Pep Guardiola's erstwhile stars.

Zubimendi came adjacent to joining Liverpool successful the summertime before pulling retired of the move. He has present go a apical people for City, who are keen to bring successful reinforcements amid their atrocious season.

Guardiola's men person been struggling successful the lack of cardinal midfielder Rodri and presently beryllium sixth successful the Premier League, with their aboriginal successful this season's Champions League besides hanging successful the balance.

That downturn has convinced City chiefs to put successful caller signings, with Zubimendi thought to beryllium among their database of targets. But Sergio Gómez, who spent 2 years astatine the Etihad earlier joing Real Sociedad past summer, believes Zubimendi should not determination on.

Gomez was was portion of the Citizens’ treble winning squad successful his debut season, but struggled for game-time. He present plays alongside Zubimendi astatine Sociedad, with the 24-year-old cautioning his team-mate against moving on.

“He’s overmuch amended astatine Real Sociedad than astatine Manchester City. I’ve already told you, it’s not that large of a deal,” Gomez told AS. "Collectively we person gotten better, due to the fact that the commencement was not arsenic expected, but determination were galore additions and it was normal.

"Now, blessed with however everything is going. The results person been accordant successful caller months. As I told you before, it was evident that the squad was going to spell further and proceed to turn arsenic well.

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"[Sociedad] privation to proceed winning, being astatine the top, to combat for Europe, besides being ambitious astir winning titles. That is 1 of the things I similar the most, things that pull maine and for which I privation to fight."

Guardiola has insisted helium volition garbage to remark connected his side's moves successful the transportation market. He has conceded though that his squad is hopeless for reinforcements.

“All period you're going to inquire the aforesaid astir each we are linked with successful the media, truthful I'm not going to talk,” Guardiola said. “You tin insist, I'm not going to reply due to the fact that I don't cognize the situation.

"We cognize we should not spell to the transportation window, I don't similar much. The concern that's happened this play with many, many, galore injuries, we person to effort to bash it due to the fact that the concern is what it is. But what happens, I'm not going to speech due to the fact that I don't know.

"Of people I person conversations with the nine but the process and what's happening, I don't cognize what's going to hap due to the fact that it's truthful difficult. And what is going to hap is going to happen, different I cannot accidental thing else."

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