Manchester City fans were expecting a busy summer at Eastlands and while they have brought in £75 million pounds worth of talent, the players that have arrived am not sure will spark fear into any of the top clubs.
City have added David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng and most recently left back Aleksander Kolarov to their already impressive squad but are these the quality signings that Manchester City fans were expecting. Mario Balotelli and James Milner have been touted as potential signings, but these players would cost an extortionate amount of money, and am sorry to say are, I see Milner being worth £15 million and Balotelli just about £10 million due to their being potential.
City have more money than any of their rivals but the fact remains that until they qualify for the Champions League or mount a serious title push, players will still prefer to move to other clubs around Europe. The players City have brought will ultimately add depth to their squad but for the money spent if I was Manchester City fan I wouldn’t be able to feel anything other than slightly short changed. Yes if Mancini brought in Torres that would be the kind of footballer that would strike fear in the teams at the top.
When Abramovich first came to Chelsea and begun his spending spree the players brought in were of the highest level which ultimately aided them in their two Premier League title successes. Players like Carvalho, Drogba, Essien, Robben and Cech. Manchester City are still a long way of achieving anything like what Chelsea did and until they make two or three world class signings that is how it will remain. Manchester United and Chelsea who have both been reasonably quiet in the transfer market this summer will still go into the season as title favourites and Mancini and his coaching staff will have a hard task on the training ground to try and stop this from being a reality come the end of the season.
By Abbas Dadhiwala
