Pep Guardiola says he never “started a fire” within Manchester City over the failed summer bid to buy Harry Kane from Tottenham.
The champions host Spurs in Saturday’s late game when the centre-forward is expected to start for Antonio Conte’s team. Guardiola had targeted Kane as his preferred No 9 but insisted there was no complaint when the club could not prise him from Tottenham.
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“I was never in my 11- or 12-year career disappointed in what the club I manage cannot do in the transfer market,” he said. “And I never created a fire here because I represent the club and the club is always beyond myself by far. When we have …