Man City fans think the answer to Pep Guardiola’s problems is staring him in the face

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Manchester City almost made it to November without having lost a game.

Their final match of October saw City get knocked out of the Carabao Cup by listing 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16 round of the competition.

Having gone so long without being beaten, Pep Guardiola has seen his side do it while having a significant number of players out injured.

City already had a big injury list prior to the Spurs match, but Manuel Akanji picked up an issue in the warm-up that led to him having to drop out of the starting XI.

In addition to that, Savinho was stretchered off in the second half to increase the Manchester club’s injury woes.

On the subject of City’s injury crisis, many supporters took to social media to share one particular solution Guardiola should consider to deal with the amount of players out of action.

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Man City fans suggest January transfers to solve injury crisis

One X user set the tone by saying this about City’s injury woes: “Man City need to enter the transfer market in January We need at least two signings We can’t live like this, we may not smell one trophy with the way things are going.”

Another user said they “can’t wait for January,” presumably so the Manchester club can dip into the transfer market and bring in some reinforcements to strengthen their depleted squad.

After Rodri suffered his season-ending injury, Guardiola said that the subject of City signing a midfielder in January had been discussed behind the scenes with Txiki Begiristain.

Aside from spending money on new players in January, another X user gave this rather left-field suggestion on a particular tactical tweak Guardiola could look to implement over the coming weeks, saying: “Is it time for Ederson as DM this weekend??”

January transfers won’t solve City’s current injury issues

While bringing in a replacement for Rodri in January could solve that particular issue, that won’t help the Blues deal with the numerous other short-term injuries they are currently dealing with.

Therefore, as much rotation as possible will be on Guardiola’s agenda as well as potentially using some players from City’s academy to help them fill out their first-team squad over the next few weeks.