Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has stated that "anything can happen" in the race for Kylian Mbappe and backs that Manchester City can compete with Real Madrid.
Monaco have denied agreeing a world-record £161m (€180m) transfer fee with Real Madrid for Mbappe, and Sky sources understand Manchester City have not yet made a bid for the striker.
Guardiola indicated their pursuit of Mbappe is not over yet ahead of City's pre-season clash against Madrid on Thursday, claiming "anything can happen" when asked about the player's future at his pre-match press conference.
"The player is still at Monaco - still on that team. Anything can happen - we are still looking at a lot of other players, but he is still on that team."Madrid doesn't have more than Manchester City has. There's a lot of teams that are playing in the Champions League that are in the Premier League.
"Players are always important and we always try to get the best players possible. Abu Dhabi came in and they invested in the team and over the past few years we've climbed to the top.
"We've come a long way but in order to get to the level of Barcelona and Real Madrid we just need time." Guardiola said in Spanishas translated by a City representative at his press conference according to Sky Sports.
Manchester's City's spending has already topped £200m in the current transfer window and Guardiola who is reportedly interested in working with his former student Alexis Sanchez however, insists he would not discuss the futures of Mbappe or Sanchez while they are Monaco and Arsenal players respectively, but did not rule out the possibility of adding to his attacking options.
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