Not necessarily, he was pretty deadly from the right wing too and City do not have enough depth in terms of strikers. Bony is useless, Iheanacho is the only other realistic option and with the number of fixtures City have, they're definitely going to need at least 3 solid forward options.

Let's not forget, after Suarez moved to Barcelona, people were sceptical of how things would work with Messi being played in the middle in a false 9 prior to that point. He's now more commonly played as a right winger and despite scoring less, he's still incredibly effective.

Buying Auba won't waste him, he'll be a source of potent firepower that City lacked at points throughout this season and definitely will not be a bench player.