Pep Guardiola has perfect plan for replacing Gabriel Jesus at Man City

Gabriel Jesus' imminent move to Arsenal is a major blow for Manchester City, but his traits can be replicated by Julian Alvarez, who has been generating a lot of excitement in South America for a good while.

After five years of service, the Brazilian has all-but completed a reported £50million transfer to Arsenal in the search of regular football. He's scored 95 goals in all competitions for City, but really failed to nail down a spot in the starting line-up after Sergio Agüero's departure.

His quality on the ball was excellent. But what made Jesus so important was his work off the ball.

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His dogged pressing was the reason he was picked for some of City's most crucial games under Pep Guardiola. Last season, he started in both legs of the Champions League semi-final, both fixtures against Liverpool in the Premier League and on the pivotal final day against Aston Villa.

Guardiola's footballing style all starts with pressing from the front and Jesus has taken that on from the moment he stepped onto the field as a City player. Many supporters will remember his debut against Spurs, where everyone thought the young striker had come off the bench to score the winner — but was just denied by the offside flag.

The hype Jesus brought with him from Brazil feels similar to what Alvarez is now bringing from Argentina. The 22-year-old has been scoring goals galore in the Copa Libertadores, but what has impressed everyone is his constant buzz of energy in the front line — something that will also encourage Guardiola,

If you add Sterling's potential departure to the mix, the Catalan loses a lot of his core principles and will have to find them similar traits in