In the two years since he took control at Eastlands, the oil-rich Arab has used his seemingly limitless financial might to turn City into the richest club in the world and is showing no signs of slowing down. The extraordinary spree offered conclusive proof - if any more were needed - of City’s relentless drive to become the biggest name in the game. A total of £355m has been spent on transfers, £487.8m has been committed to wages for new players and those on existing contracts, while the initial takeover itself cost £210m.
Add to that £20m spent on stadium and training ground improvements, and the magical figure of £1.08bn is reached.
City’s Premier League rivals will be pleased to know their spending in this transfer window is over, according to boss Roberto Mancini who was speaking ahead of tonight’s first-leg Europa League play-off tie here against Timisoara of Romania.
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