RUMOURS: Guardiola wants Gundogan & Laporte at Man City

The Bayern Munich boss is set to take over at the Etihad Stadium in the summer and has made the Atheltic Bilbao defender & Borussia Dortmund midfielder his primary targets

Pep Guardiola has already begun planning for life at Manchester City and is eyeing up a double summer deal, according to Mundo Deportivo.

The former Barcelona boss is set to leave Bayern Munich this summer before joining City, and he has informed the hierarchy at the Etihad Stadium he wants to sign Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.

Barcelona remain in pole position to sign Laporte but Guardiola is hopeful he can persuade him to move to England while Gundogan is wanted by Juventus.

But Guardiola will not try to sign Thiago Alcantara from Bayern this year, though he could return for the midfielder in the 2017-18 season once he has gained more experience.