When the question came Pep Guardiola was ready for it and armed with a sarcastic response.
‘I want to tell you something,’ he began, following another goal-filled Manchester City win, this time at Brighton in October.
‘One day we'll lose and you'll ask me do you need a striker. I bet you whatever you want. I don't buy this question.’
Two months on he still has no interest in buying a striker either.
And, to win the Premier League at least, nor does it look like he needs one.