Regardless of whoever the players are that will be brought in later, I still have great faith in PEp Guardiola that he will be able to make Manchester City recover or get out of the problems that are currently being faced.
There is still plenty of time for Pep to fix Manchester City even though it will be difficult to compete in the Champion League, but they also cannot be underestimated in the play-off round later.
Pep Guardiola is a coach who has extraordinary abilities, regardless of this season Man City is experiencing a decline, I think it is natural that no club continues to find stable performance throughout the season, especially since the EPL is a very competitive league, but I think the decline will not last long, most likely Pep Guardiola will make Man City rise again in the middle of this season, we can see how the last 2 matches faced by Man City, they have achieved quite good results.
City last two matches isn't a sign of improvement to me because they played with very weak clubs. I have no doubt that Pep will revive his men with an additional players when the transfer window opens this month. This season is a very bad season for City and this is to show that no player will be in his peak form forever. City players are weak and old and can't meet up with EPL vibes anymore.