Country: Iceland
Makes sense. His actions just don't reflect that of somebody who wants to win the CL. He would make Bayern serious CL contenders, the same Bayern who arguably should/could have beaten Real in this year's CL.
Your theory is more likely but he could just want to extract as much money as possible from us.
Or maybe he just mostly wants to join City? And he either believes that Pep can turn them into CL contenders or he is just saying these things because he think we might let him go there.