Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has faith in striker Gabriel Jesus.
The Citizens are rocked by news that Sergio Aguero could be out of the rest of the season with a knee problem.
It means the Argentine would miss their UEFA Champions League games in August. But City do have Jesus as backup and Guardiola has faith he can step up.
"We don't have any doubts about Gabriel," Guardiola told reporters.
"The only doubts we have is because not one single player with this preparation that we had can play every three days, which is now [a run of fixtures that is] going to happen.
"No one player in this team can play 90 minutes every three days.
"We have Gabriel but Raheem [Sterling] can play in this position, [Ilkay] Gundogan can, Bernardo [Silva] can, so we have different options – not all like a striker, striker – but different options we can use."
Asked if Jesus was the club's future, especially if Sergio Aguero leaves next summer, Guardiola added: "Gabriel plays with Aguero, being in the squad.
"Of course we want to keep him, we are delighted at what he is as a football player and as a person in the locker room with all of us, the backroom staff, he is an exceptional guy.
"We don't have any doubts [about him] with Aguero or without Aguero now he is injured – we have two incredible strikers and we are happy to have them both."
