Stevan Jovetic could be frozen out of Manchester City's Champions League squad after their swoop for Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony.

Bony's arrival from Swansea has raised the number of 'foreign' players in City's first team to 17, which is one more than the Premier League champions are allowed this season as punishment for breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.

The problem will be solved if City can be persuaded to sell Jovetic, but if not manager Manuel Pellegrini faces a tough decision.

Pellegrini said: "We must see which of the players will not be in the squad for Champions League because we don't have space."