Manchester City saw four bids for Spurs' Harry Kane rejected in the summer, says Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola has revealed how he questioned whether he had a squad capable of challenging for trophies this season after failing to land Harry Kane last summer. Guardiola and Manchester City were coy at the time about their pursuit of Kane, even if the Spurs frontman was more candid about his desire to move away from North London. Ad/> But speaking on the eve of welcoming Kane and Spurs to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, Guardiola opened up on the summer saga that never was.

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I’ve never created a fire here. When we have some talks and we cannot agree, we do it internally." Six months later, it looks like Kane's chance of working under Guardiola is gone, given the Citizens' recruit of young forward Julian Alvarez from River Plate — someone who is already impressing Guardiola. «The club is always working, it never stops,» Guardiola added.