Guardiola rules out January signings despite Mendy injury

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will not be making any signings in January, effectively ruling out buying a short-term replacement for the injured Benjamin Mendy.

Guardiola believes his squad is strong enough to get through to the end of the season, despite the injury absences of Mendy, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and back-up goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.

Belgian playmaker De Bruyne and Portuguese midfielder Silva are likely to be available for the Premier League leaders within the next 10 days but Mendy will be out for up to 12 weeks after having surgery on meniscus damage in his left knee.

Asked whether he might be tempted to sign a replacement for Mendy in January, Guardiola said, "No. We are not going to spend anything (in January). I am so happy with the squad, people are coming back, so no."
- Fernandinho rest -
====================
Guardiola said: "He will need a rest, definitely. Now he is not with the national team, he, David, and Sergio have had eight days off. That is a good recovery from four, five, six games in a row."
"When we created the squad at the beginning of the season, it was not to go to the January (window) unless we have problems. But I have a deep squad and a lot of players cannot play even though I trust them a lot. They believe I don't like them but that is not true."