Guardiola: Comparing me to a dog is wrong, you have to respect dogs more Premier League Raiola accused of offering Pogba to City

On the eve of Manchester City's potentially crowning moment against fierce rivals Manchester United, Pep Guardiola has kick-started mind games of his own, suggesting that Mino Raiola is wrong to compare him to dogs and that the agent should show more respect to our canine friends.

This sensational outburst came following the Spaniard's admission that he was offered both Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the January transfer window, a statement that is guaranteed to rile those across the city at Carrington.

"Comparing me with a dog is wrong, he has to show more respect to the dogs," Guardiola explained in his pre-match press conference.

"He should be protecting his players from a guy like me.

"He has to know that he can't bring his players to me."

Jose Mourinho kept a strict line during his respective press conference on Friday, refusing to discuss any matters related to Manchester City, although you feel Guardiola's admission will not go without rebuttal in one form or another.

"I never speak with him [Raiola], so I don't know where he gets this opinion of me," Pep continued.

"Maybe Ibra explained many things about me?

"Yet, given his opinion about me, why does he then offer Mkhitaryan and Pogba to play with us two months ago?"

Victory over Manchester United on Saturday will mathematically secure the Premier League title for the Blues, yet despite their obvious financial advantage, the former Bayern Munich coach made clear that Pogba wasn't an attainable target.

"Pogba is an incredible player, a top, top player," he admitted.

"I said no, we don't have enough money to buy Pogba.

"He's so expensive."