Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has labelled Manchester City's recruitment policy as "unfair" after the title contenders once again splashed out to land Sergio Aguero.
The Argentinian joined City in a deal worth around £35million to add to a squad already bursting with world-class talent.
Perennial big-spenders Chelsea have, so far, been unusually quiet despite seeing most of their title rivals invest heavily in new players.
But Villas-Boas feels City's financial dominance gives them an unnatural advantage in the transfer market.
"I think it's unfair. I think it's pretty clear that they are building a squad to fight for the title," he said ahead of Chelsea's clash with Aston Villa in the final of the Barclays Asia Trophy.
"It's for Mancini to say what his objectives are but my personal perspective is that they are making good signings and that they can threaten for the league."
However, Villas-Boas still feels this season's title race could be the closest yet.
"I think Man United as the title holders will be a reference for everybody but you can see the amount of activity Manchester City have had in the market. It's pretty clear they have a title objective as well," he said.
"Liverpool did more or less the same, Tottenham want to get back into the top four so they'll be challenging and Arsenal are always a threat - we haven't seen the last of them in the transfer market - so everybody is strengthening and as long as everybody feels happy with what they have, everybody competes in a different way."
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6 months on from Torres record breaking £50 million move to Chelsea, in a Jan window where they spent £70+ million on players, our spending is now unfair...
You could not make it up.
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