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Manchester City - for the first time in a long time - look in major need of reinforcements.
Pep Guardiola has seen his team lose four games on the trot, while his own future beyond the end of this season is far from certain. City are missing a number of key players through injury, John Stones, Ruben Dias and Jack Grealish all currently on the shelf, while Kevin De Bruyne has only just returned.
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