That’s if you think all the people involved in transfers at City don’t consider all these things.
Football goes on forever, it’s never about one season or one transfer window. Just like with Dias - who we got a year later than we needed a Kompany replacement - sometimes we get who we need at that very moment, other times we don’t, other times we eventually get them, other times we never do (we’ve played midfielders and right backs at left back for four years after playing four over 30s at full back for two years too long)… all the while still winning trophies.
City might well need a striker now, but it might be a year or two into the future before we get the one we really need.