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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini won't sign striker in January

Manuel Pellegrini has ruled out signing a striker in the January window despite the injuries that have left Manchester City short of specialist attackers this season.

Sergio Aguero, who spent seven games on the sidelines earlier in the campaign, will miss a fourth consecutive match on Saturday with an ankle injury.

Wilfried Bony has struggled with first malaria and then a hamstring problem, meaning that youngster Kelechi Iheanacho and wingers Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne have both been used as the main centre forward.

City bought Bony from Swansea for an initial £25 million in the last January window, but despite letting forwards Stevan Jovetic and Edin Dzeko leave this summer, Pellegrini said he was content with his current strike force.

"For the moment, nothing changes because we have a squad that we think it is the best squad in this moment for the team," he said in a news conference.

"I don't think we need to make changes, so we continue the same way with Wilfried, with Kun [Aguero], with Sterling and with Kelechi."

Sterling scored twice in City's 4-2 Champions League win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday to take his tally for the club to eight goals since his £49m move from Liverpool in July.

And Pellegrini believes there is still more to come from the England international, who turned 21 this week.

"There are more things to improve, especially his finishing," he said. "He cannot be a player who scores just 11 goals as he did in another season."

Pellegrini faces a decision whether to pick Bony, who scored as a substitute against Monchengladbach, to start against his former team on Saturday.

But he denied he just sees the Ivorian as an effective replacement, adding: "I think he can be an impact [player] in the starting 11 or on the bench. He didn't do it [play well] against Stoke, but he did a very good performance against Borussia. I am very happy for him."