These 3 Manchester City stars are fighting for their futures at the Etihad Stadium

Sergio Aguero

Gabriel Jesus’ arrival last month immediately relegated Sergio Aguero to the substitute’s bench, and clearly demonstrated that he is not what Guardiola desires from his strikers.

The Argentine international has scored 113 goals in 169 Premier League matches for City since his arrival in England back in 2011, but hasn’t always been first choice this term, with the most obvious exclusion when they went to Barcelona in the Champions League in October, and Aguero was on the bench.

And when Jesus officially joined the club in January, the 28-year-old looked set for another spell on the bench when the Brazilian international netted three goals in his first three league games, although a metatarsal injury against Bournemouth his all but ended his season.

And this has opened the door for Aguero to prove to Guardiola that he can be the striker the Spaniard wants in his side.

He may not always press and lead from the front in terms of intensity and energy, yet that was exactly what Jesus did, and exactly what Guardiola wants – Aguero has the rest of the campaign to show that he is that sort of striker, otherwise City may consider selling the forward in the summer.