Pep Guardiola wants Manchester City to again target young talent in the summer though they also will seek experienced players if necessary. 

Guardiola has already started drawing up plans for an overhaul of his squad.

City's young forward line of Raheem Sterling, 22, Leroy Sane, 21, and Gabriel Jesus, 19, have impressed this season and the coach said he and director of football Txiki Begiristain would again look at emerging players.

"I am planning. Txiki is planning, the staff is planning, of course," Guardiola said. "We have to have one eye on the short, the medium, the long term.

"We are buying for the long term. That's why Leroy is here, why Raz [Sterling] is here and why Gabriel is here.

"All of them are [around] 20 years old, except one or two cases when we need experience. The age is so important.

"Maybe we are going to buy a guy who is 28 or 29 years old because we are short in that position and he is going to give three or four important years.

"But of course, as young as possible is much better, and of course that planning is under way."