Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini admits they need to buy English this summer.

City are set to lose out-of-contract James Milner and Micah Richards, while Frank Lampard will move to MLS side New York City and Scott Sinclair is expected to make his current loan move to Aston Villa a permanent arrangement.

That will leave Three Lions keeper Hart flying the flag for England at the Etihad.

Pellegrini said: "We are going to lose at least two players, so we know what we have to do. But all the English teams need English players, and they all want the best ones.

"So there is big competition with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool just for English players. It's not easy when English players come to a big club to have a position for sure in the starting team.

"I don't want to analyse all the players that have been here, but Jack Rodwell and Micah Richards, for example, missed important parts of the season because of injury.

"If you want to be a winning team and a club that improves every year, you must try always to bring in the best players. And for all the other players in the world, there are more of them."