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<\/p>\nMourinho emphasised on City\u2019s policy, especially when the club signed four full-backs last season to become the side with the most expensive defence line in the world.<\/p>\n
Guardiola\u2019s team have come under fire during the week after the leaked data exposing their approach to avoiding Financial Fair Play.<\/p>\n
While former Chelsea boss would not directly comment on the row, he took aim at City\u2019s recruitment policy and moaned at their superior resources in the transfer market<\/p>\n
\u201cI am clearly rebuilding,\u201d he told reporters during press conference ahead of the Manchester derby.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my first season, I got into a situation where there were players like Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick \u2013 \u00adphenomenal players and some of the most important players in the past years of the club \u2013 coming to the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to get a player like Ibra [Zlatan Ibrahimovic] to help us to have a certain power to fight for something \u00adimportant, which was clearly to get back to the Champions League level.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s been hard work, r\u00adeally hard work, with people like Luke Shaw and Tony \u00adMartial, for example.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause for talented players like them to get to the level they are now is a process.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo transform talent in \u00adprofessional players into stability and performance is a process of hard work. So is it \u00adrebuilding? Yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I need a full-back and I was able to buy four, it would be easier. So, when I needed a full-back, when I wasn\u2019t happy with Luke Shaw\u2019s level, the easiest thing would have been to buy four new players.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome clubs can buy four full-backs. But we didn\u2019t buy a left-back for three years \u00adbecause we were wishing and \u00adworking for Luke Shaw to be that left-back.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut during that \u00adprocess, we played Matteo \u00adDarmian, we played Daley Blind, we played Ashley Young, we played Marcos Rojo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t buy four \u00adreplacements \u2013 and that is a big difference. It takes less time when you buy four full-backs.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo buy four, you need good scouting \u2013 and you need money. But to make players well that takes more time.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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