Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City would be under intense scrutiny from the media had they spent as much as Chelsea have in the last two years, but has no problem with the London club's transfer approach as long as they are satisfying financial rules.
City bought Mateo Kovacic for £25m and Josko Gvardiol for £77.5m, while they recouped £30m for Riyad Mahrez and have raised over £50m from the academy this summer.
Aymeric Laporte is one of a few players who could still leave. Chelsea, meanwhile, have spent over £300m this summer, raising around £200m from sales, to take their gross spending under owner Todd Boehly to nearly £1bn in three transfer windows.
Asked if he has found the transfer market more difficult this year, Guardiola replied unprompted: "For Chelsea it is easier than us, for sure! ALSO READ: Two City players to miss Newcastle clash as revised De Bruyne injury return date set "I couldn't sit here if we spent what Chelsea spent in the last two transfer windows - you would kill me.
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