Manchester City are unlikely to change their plans for the January transfer window with another quiet month expected.
City dropped points at home for the second successive league game at the weekend, and saw Aymeric Laporte join Ruben Dias on the injured list. However, City prefer to do their first-team business in summer - Julian Alvarez was signed as one for the future 12 months ago - and have not seen anything from the Premier League so far to change their minds.
While Liverpool have already reinforced by signing Cody Gapko and Arsenal, Chelsea and United all plan to strengthen, a look at the bench against Everton even without two centre-backs showed the exceptional strength that Pep Guardiola possesses in his small squad. Manu Akanji was signed in the summer window after City reacted to the injury issues of two centre-backs, but there are no obvious holes that have been identified for this month; that means that any fans desperate to see a new left-back at the club will be disappointed for another window.
