Gary Neville reveals Man City's transfer strategy amid Premier League investigation

Manchester City could face significant problems in the next few months, which could arise amid an investigation into possible breaches of financial fair-play. This will affect the transfer policy of the reigning English champion.

In any case, this is what former Manchester United defender Gary Neville attributes the rather meagre transfer campaign of the ‘citizens’ to:

‘It has been announced that Manchester City's hearing will start in four weeks' time. I wonder if they are signing someone on purpose thinking they might be penalised.

If they think they'll be found guilty and something ridiculous will happen - they'll be relegated or 20 points dropped - they might think what's the point of signing players now. They got £82m for Julian Alvarez and they might just see what happens,’ Neville told Stick to Football.

It will be recalled that Manchester City's only transfer to enter the summer transfer window was Troyes winger Savinho.