Man City could make major transfer U-turn amid crisis

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Manchester City are open to signing reinforcements in the January transfer window in a departure from their usual stance on the winter market.

City prefer to do their business in the summer, before trusting their long-term planning to get them through each season. However, an unprecedented injury crisis has stretched Pep Guardiola's thin squad too far, and they have won just once in 10 games.

Their seven defeats in those 10 games is the same as the previous 105 outings. Rodri's season-ending injury has been an undoubted factor, as has ongoing absences in defence and the overplaying of the handful of fit players who are forced to start most games. ALSO READ: Man City at risk of failing Ferran Soriano's golden rule amid £6m Champions League shortfall ALSO READ: 'I can't talk' - I saw what Kyle Walker did in Juventus that exposes major Man City issue Fans have been crying out for the club to abandon their long-held principle of entering the January market, and City are now prepared to make their first mid-season signing since Aymeric Laporte arrived in 2018.

City have signed the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Julian Alvarez in January windows, but immediately loaned them back to their former club or given them time to adapt.