Report: Man City Plotting January Moves to Fix Key Summer Oversight

Man City saw a few big moves come to fruition during the previous summer transfer window.

In particular, the Blues signed two major new players this summer: Ilkay Gundogan returned on a free transfer and Savinho signed a £33 million contract to join them at the Etihad Stadium.

Conversely, City made money off of players like Julian Alvarez, Joao Cancelo, Sergio Gomez, and Liam Delap who were part of its youth system and senior squad.

Pep Guardiola’s team has only dropped three games in all competitions since the season began.

Regretfully, they have lost three straight games for the first time since 2018, and those three losses have occurred in their last three games.

A little behind-the-scenes information about the Citizens’ plans for the winter transfer window has surfaced in anticipation of the January transfer window.

In January, Man City hopes to sign a replacement for Julian Alvarez.

A new report from Give Me Sport claims that City plans to use the forthcoming January transfer window to find a successor for Alvarez.

According to the article, “even though they turned down the opportunity to make a similar addition to their squad when they were inundated with proposals from agents after Alvarez sealed his exit,” there is a “growing possibility” that City will bring in a new attacker in January.

Furthermore, it was stated that the Blues will seek to sign a player who can supplement Erling Haaland and provide their attack depth rather than a sure starter.

City has proposed a candidate to replace Alvarez.

Following Alvarez’s £81 million (via BBC Sport) transfer to Atletico Madrid in August, Kyogo Furuhashi and Orri Oskarsson were linked to City, although neither player’s move ever happened.

Let’s examine how these two players have performed for their present teams thus far this season in case City shows interest in them again in January.

City may now consider their choice to forego signing a replacement for Alvarez in the summer to have been a mistake since this story suggests they want to bring in a striker in January.

It would be fascinating to watch if the Manchester team looks to add a midfield player to replace the Spaniard in January, along with a potential new striker, after losing Rodri to a season-ending injury.