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Manuel Pellegrini downplays Wilfried Bony talk

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini plays down talk of a January move for Swansea City forward Wilfried Bony.

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has poured cold water on suggestions that the Premier League champions could sign Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony in January.

The Ivorian international has been strongly linked with a move to the Etihad, but Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins has recently denied contact between the two clubs.

Pellegrini has claimed that he does not expect "to be too busy" in the winter window, but has not played down all talk that incomings could arrive.

"I think that is just one of the 20 or 30 names I have read from the beginning of the season until today that we are [supposedly] interested in," he told reporters.

"I don't think we are going to be too busy in this window. We have restrictions about the amount of money and about the number of players we can put in the Champions League, so I don't think it will be a special transfer window for our team.

"We have the option to do it - we will see in the whole month of January what we are going to do about that - but it is not a major concern."

City currently have no room in their squad to register non-homegrown players.

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Wilfried Bony of Swansea City celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between West Ham United and Swansea City at Boleyn Ground on December 7, 2014
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