"Man City" coach Manuel Pellegrini defended criticism as to why his team rarely buys young English talents.
Within the ranks of the "Premier" league champions, only two national team players regularly play - James Milner and Joe Hart.
"Of course, it is important to have local players, but what can we buy? We are talking about talents that clubs do not want to sell. Let's talk more broadly: 49 million euros was paid for defender Luke Shaw.
Is it wise to splurge with such sums when we have Gael Clichy and Aleksandar Kolarov?" - rhetorically asked the coach.
"Is it possible to acquire Raheem Sterling, for whom "Liverpool" would demand 139 million euros? Who could play in David Silva's place? Maybe Wayne Rooney".
Pellegrini praised J.Milner, who could become a free agent after the season.
"It would be very hard to find such a perfect player like him. There may be faster, technically stronger, or better ball-controlling players, but all in all, he is incomparable".
