Manchester City are scaling back their efforts to buy British players this summer amid fears they will be too difficult to sign.
City are keen to increase their homegrown pool as they try to meet Premier League quotas.
But Sportsmail has learned that Txiki Begiristain will be pursuing alternative targets. City's sporting director believes the British players good enough to improve their squad will be too difficult to acquire.
Tottenham trio Dele Alli, Kyle Walker and Danny Rose are all interesting manager Pep Guardiola but Begiristain realises prising any of them away from White Hart Lane this summer will be an extremely troublesome challenge, with the England internationals all signed to long-term deals.