By the end of the season, the club had spent €183 million on transfers. Not content with their strike force, City signed Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg. The club also bought in Yaya Toure and David Silva from Barcelona and Valencia respectively. The latter two would play a key role in Manchester city's future successes. Next season, City improved their strike force with the signings of Emmanuel Adebayor and Carlos Tevez. This meant the club had spent 147 million euros for the 2009-10 season and it seemed to have paid off with the club achieving a 5th placed finish and a Europa League playoff spot. This took the club's transfer fees paid for the season to €157 million. They finished a disappointing 10th in the league (08-09 season) though but did have an adventurous UEFA Cup run reaching the quarter-final stage. With the prospect of European football and their new owners making promises to bring in world-class signings, City fans were having the time of their lives. The new owners delivered on their promise, and the club secured the incredible signing of Brazilian Robinho from Real Madrid on deadline day. Robinho - The first star to arrive at City
The club had just finished 9th in the 2007-08 season, a huge achievement at that time for the club and its fans. The club also made it to the group stages of the UEFA Cup for the first time since 1978. While their rivals Manchester United were winning titles at ease, it was a completely different scenario in the blue side of Manchester. The club was notoriously inconsistent and in fact had been in the second division of English football as recently as 2001.
The spending power of City goes as far back as to the 2008-09 season, the year Sheikh Mansour, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family took over, a move that would change the landscape of English football in the years to come. Let's take a look at the incredible rise of the club from Manchester. With a world-class manager in Pep Guardiola and an abundance of talent in their squad, City is the envy of a lot of clubs in the world. The club took the league by storm last season playing attractive football and breaking multiple records, the most notable record being the first team to gain 100 points in a Premier League season. This season also the club has splashed the cash, bringing in Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez for €68 million euros. The Manchester club spent a whopping €317.5 million on transfers last summer bringing in an array of talent such as Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker, etc. Back in January 2018, Manchester City were anointed the 5th richest club in the world, generating a revenue of £527.7 million as per Deloitte Football Money League rankings.
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