Man City already have a plan to cope with any late January transfer moves

Julian Alvarez may be confirmed before Monday night's transfer deadline, but don't expect many more Manchester City appearances on the Sky Sports News yellow ticker in the coming couple of days.

Alvarez looks to be a solid signing, but is one for the future as he will remain at River Plate for at least the end of the current season. After that, he won't be guaranteed a regular place at City, and the club will still press ahead with plans to sign a big striker in the summer.

In terms of other transfer business this month, City have sold Ferran Torres, but Pep Guardiola made it clear a replacement won't be coming in for now. The only City interest in deadline day could be securing loan deals for their youngsters, with a handful of players still to sort out.

Morgan Rogers could get a new loan club after a frustrating few months at Bournemouth, even it if means voiding clauses in his deal that could have seen the Cherries make the move permanent for £9m. It's reported that a number of Championship clubs are interested in the England under-20 international, who impressed at Lincoln in League One this time last year.

Finley Burns is set to join Swansea on loan, while James McAtee is a reported target of the Swans as well as QPR and Rangers. Both Guardiola and under-23 manager Brian Barry-Murphy previously said such players were unlikely to move away this month, but things change quickly in football and if the right offer is made, the club may decide that playing regularly in the EFL is better than under-23 football.

But with the EDS side only just moving to the top of the Premier League 2 last week after a slow start to the campaign, losing regulars like McAtee and Burns could derail their title defence at academy