Despite Julian Alvarez’s move to Atletico Madrid being confirmed over a week ago, Manchester City are yet to replace him. Whether City were considering bringing in a striker to replace Alvarez or content with reverting back to a system revolving around a false nine once again was the million-dollar question. Recently, Erling Haaland admitted he is pain-free for the first time in a while. Even so, Pep Guardiola’s side would not wish to assume that Haaland will remain injury-free and risk not signing a striker due to his revelation. A potential injury to the £51 million goalscorer could derail M…