Pipe down! Guardiola dismisses Aguero shisha story

Dom Farrell

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Sergio Aguero has not been disciplined by Pep Guardiola after a video shared on social media appeared to show the Manchester City striker smoking shisha.

City's all-time top scorer featured in a video posted on Lola Magnin's Instagram account where he seemingly smoked the flavoured tobacco product using a pipe along with the Argentinian model.

Aguero has five goals in all competitions this season and heads into the weekend looking to preserve a superb individual record against Newcastle United.

In 11 matches versus the Magpies he has scored 14 times, including eight in the past two editions of the fixture at the Etihad Stadium and Guardiola suggested allegations surrounding the 30-year-old's recreational activities were of no concern to him.

"No, I didn't speak with him," the City boss told a news conference when the issue was raised. "No [it doesn't bother me]."

Friday's transfer deadline in Spain could see a couple more loan departures to Girona, City's sister club in La Liga.

Douglas Luiz will return to the Catalan side, where he spent last season, after the Brazilian midfielder was refused a work permit.

Brahim Diaz may join him, but the highly-rated forward only having a year left on his contract in Manchester serves as a complicating factor.

"In the first case, yes Douglas Luiz is going to go back to Girona to try to play, to show his quality," Guardiola added.

"Brahim trained with us. Today is the last day [of the transfer window] so finally we will know whether he stays or moves."

Guardiola reported a clean bill of health for Saturday's match, with the exception of long-term absentees Kevin De Bruyne and Claudio Bravo.

Dom Farrell

Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.