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Pep Guardiola shuts down Leroy Sane rumours; says club are looking to give him a new deal

Pep Guardiola and Leroy Sane

Leroy Sane has not been wholly able to nail down a starting spot in Pep Guardiola's team and this had to the suggestion that the former Barcelona manager is open to selling him in the summer. However, the gaffer himself has now come out and quelled all such claims and said that the club is looking to tie Sane to the club with a new deal.

He also said that the club intends on extending both Sane's and Gundogan's deals. Pep also touched upon the importance of having a selection of top players if they're to challenge on all fronts in the upcoming season.

Speaking to the press ahead of their FA Cup final fixture against Watford, Guardiola said,

"We are one-and-a-half years trying to sign his [new] contract. We want him. If you want to extend his contract, it's because you want him. You're not going to extend his contract because you don't want him.

"It's like [Ilkay] Gundogan, for example – it's the same case. About the transfer window, the hypothetical incomings and outgoings, it's not the time. It's after the game and after the game I'm on holiday.

"He's competing with Sterling and Bernardo Silva. It's not easy. If you want to play in for competitions for the quadruple we need Leroy, Sterling, Riyad [Mahrez], Bernardo, we can't compete for the quadruple with just two wingers.

"They have to fight each other and play the best as possible to convince me to put them in the line-up."