Liverpool has been handed a possible transfer boost after it was reported that Manchester City is not considering moving for Martin Zubimendi during the January transfer window.

It had been claimed in recent weeks that City was considering Zubimendi as a possible winter addition to help the team deal with the absence of Rodri, but City sources have indicated to a number of journalists who report on the club that a move for Zubimendi in January is currently not on the cards.

City do have money to spend during the winter window but Pep Guardiola spoke of the difficulties of buying in January during a press conference on Friday.

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"It is not easy to do that. Teams don’t sell, maybe it has to be players who don’t play. They don’t want to sell and they are so expensive," Guardiola said of the January window.

"It depends on the market and we’ll see. It’s simple: get players back. Except Rodri. We have the squad there and after that maybe we’ll have the team that we were. We were not able to solve it.

"We’ve spoken about doing something and if it’s in winter it’s if we really we need it or if we can really find something. Not for just four or five months. In the winter it is more difficult to do. We’ll see.

"I don’t know how many times we’ve got into the winter (market) – maybe just Aymeric Laporte seven years ago. We’re not a big fan of that but the circumstances of this season have been special.

"We have to see if something is possible and if not we will wait until the summer time – how we finish the season, how the players perform, knowing we’ve got short holidays. We’ll talk and see what is possible in the market."