Pep Guardiola faces a dilemma in defence as he lacks the numbers to cover injury issues adequately.
Manchester City lost 2-0 to local rivals Manchester United and slipped fourteen points behind league leaders Liverpool in the process.
Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti has emerged as City's main target for the January window, according to L'Equipe (via the Daily Mail).
Umtiti has himself been troubled with a knee injury over the past year or so and it's threatened his future at Barcelona.
He's only featured in 23 games for Barça since the summer of 2018.
As a result Clement Lenglet and Gerard Pique are currently the preferred centre-back pairing at the Nou Camp.
The World Cup-winning centre-back could add much-needed experience and steel to a leaky City defence.
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