By Ollie Irish
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini poses behind a powerful quartet of new and very expensive signings: (left to right) Aleksandar Kolarov, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Jerome Boateng.
This is what happens when money has no value; when money means both nothing (to City) and everything (to City’s rivals).
You can’t stop City. No one can stop City. And they will not stop until they get what they want. This is Chelsea all over again, but way more immense and not a little scary.
And I used to really like City. It’s almost impossible to feel that way now. Awe, yes. Affection, no.
Some more photos of City’s recent open training session:
Adebayor spots his bank manager:
Photos: PA