Hahaha January transfers began with Man City shopping for players because Pep Guardiola realized how fragile their defense was this season. The list of players who are confirmed to join includes Abdukodir Khusanov, a hard worker, tireless, capable of competing in the air or on the ground. He is known for his rough play but honestly Man City will be much more exciting with the arrival of this one player. Man City is also competing fiercely to get Abdukodir Khusanov considering that many top clubs are interested in getting his signature.
The earlier Pep Guardiola knows how weak his defense is the better for his team and his coaching career because the defense are fully exposed this season since the time Rodri get injured.
The main problem Manchester City faced in their past two months was a defensive problem which exposed the team and make them dropped from the first position in the Premier League table to where they are now; they have recovered a bit in their last two matches.
If Pep and Manchester City were able ti sign defenders this January, they will be better than they are right now, and they can still compete for the title race.
Truly the defense line of Man City had weakened lately partly due to some of their aging players and injuries for instance the likes of Walker, Akanji, Stone, Dias and Ake falls in that category thus that defense had been vulnerable to their opponent attackers, I believe this January transfer window Pep Guardiola would have to utilize the opportunity of bringing or signing new players particularly the much talk about Abdukodir Khusanov whose wealth of experience would go a long way in strengthening Man City defense line and I think signing a new midfielder like Rodri would also help the team.