Pep Guardiola and Erik ten Hag must complete Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo assignments

Pep Guardiola's attack has worked in a specific manner for the past two campaigns. The Spanish coach has operated without a traditional striker and has instead deployed a whole host of technicians in the final third.

His players have rotated positions and taken turns occupying the spotlight in Manchester City's favoured 4-3-3 system. Goals have been spread across the pitch and everybody has been expected to work together, with no star presented with luxury duties.

Kevin De Bruyne ranks as his team's top scorer in the Premier League with just 11 goals - excluding penalties - yet Guardiola hasn't encountered any major issues because as many as eight of his players have found the net at least six times.

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Next season, everything could change, as Man City appear set to land Erling Haaland's signature from Borussia Dortmund.

Haaland is the polar opposite of what Guardiola has at his disposal right now. He's very much a traditional - albeit very modern - striker who thrives when allowed to finish his team's moves.

“If you have strikers like Lewandowski and Muller, you have to make crosses because they are so strong in the box," the Etihad boss once said. "For Sergio Aguero, we have to find other solutions. The way we finish the attack depends on the qualities of the players.”

This summer, with Haaland on board, Guardiola will surely have to rip up the current make-up of his attack in order to maximise the qualities of his new star.

The nature of the high-profile transfer consequently bears some similarities with that of Cristiano Ronaldo, who moved to Manchester United from Juventus last August.

Much like Haaland, Ronaldo