Pep Guardiola was bending the truth when he declared at the start of January that Manchester City wouldn't sign a new striker this month.
Having just sold Ferran Torres to Barcelona, with the forward asking to leave to return to Spain, the obvious question was whether City would replace him this month - especially having just pocketed an initial profit of £26million on the player.
Guardiola was clear that City wouldn't be making a big striker signing, even though the club are still to replace Sergio Aguero. The club are always reluctant to deal in January given the lack of value available but are not completely against doing business this month if the right player comes along.
