Pep Guardiola insists he had no intention of stopping Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko from joining Arsenal and believes players deserve to choose where they want to play.
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City have been accused of strengthening their Premier League rivals by allowing Jesus and Zinchenko to join Arsenal in the summer, while the champions also gave the green light for Raheem Sterling’s £50 million switch to Chelsea.
Mikel Arteta’s side have made an early case to be City’s closest title challengers following their impressive start to the season.
And Guardiola believes Jesus and Zinchenko earned the right to decide to leave City to seek a new challenge with Arsenal.