As everybody seems to know, what Manchester City desperately need is a conventional number nine who can stick away all those chances they create.
After all, they have only scored a truly pitiful 94 goals in 36 Premier League games this season. At this rate, they might not even get another century to go with the ones in the 2017-18 and 2019-20 campaigns. Shame on them.
Pep Guardiola’s distaste for the traditional frontman is, obviously, one of his very few blind spots. Under Guardiola at City, Sergio Aguero has probably been the closest to what is perceived as the striking norm and just look at what has happened since he finished.
