Every football fan all over the world knows that Manchester City is one of the richest football clubs. That’s why the club is always liked with record-breaking transfers and the world’s best football players. However, not all of the best Manchester City purchases were expensive and star players. Let’s check the TOP 5 club’s transfers.
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PABLO ZABALETA
From Espanyol
£6.5m | 2008
Zabaleta joined City shortly before their takeover in 2008 and thus, he represents the transformation the Blues have undergone in the last nine years. Soon, the energetic right-back managed to win the loyalty of the City fans and his central role in the team’s early 2010s rise to success only strengthened his popularity.
His stunning accomplishments over the years have constantly inspired the fans for the whole duration of his stay with the club, as demonstrated in May by his last match as a City player at the Etihad Stadium.
That night, the club’s supporters were overcome with emotion as they gave tribute to all the hard work and dedication that Zabaleta had unfailingly shown to the City’s cause. £6m (€8m) truly well spent.
YAYA TOURE
From Barcelona
£24m | 2010
Toure is considered one of the most successful and popular players among the City’s stars and has contributed to every triumph they have celebrated since his joining. His days of exhausting runs may be behind him but he has transformed his style under Pep Guardiola so masterfully that the Blues have decided to keep him as a midfielder this summer.
It is rare for attacking midfielders to make such a successful – and timely – switch to a deep-lying role. And let’s not forget the silver he helped his team win in his prime after joining Barcelona for £24m (€29.4m) seven years ago.
VINCENT KOMPANY
From Hamburg
£6m | 2008
Among many reasons why Kompany is so high up on the list is his comparatively low fee of £6m (€7.6m). The Belgian joined City just before they were taken over in 2008 and his key role in the club’s latest successes has elevated him to the level of a club legend.
Despite the trouble that his injuries have caused him in recent years, he overcame adversity to become a valued member of Pep Guardiola’s squad for the next season, and the fans at the Etihad Stadium will undoubtedly be waiting for his next move with bated breath.
COLIN BELL
From Bury
£51k | 1966
We haven’t seen many players quite like Bell over the course of City’s history. In 1966 when Bell left Bury, City’s manager Malcolm Allison allegedly told his managerial rivals that this player “can’t head it, can’t pass it” and is “hopeless”.
That was a ruse by Allison to hide from his rivals the great potential that he saw in Bell, leading to the acquisition of a talent that would contribute significantly to the Blues golden pre-Abu Dhabi years.
From the City’s win of the Second Division title in his first season, then the First Division title in his third season, to the FA Cup, two League Cups, and the European Winners’ Cup – for 13 years Bell was an integral part of the Maine Road.
DAVID SILVA
From Valencia
£26m | 2010
It is difficult to overstate the value City has placed on this player right off the bat, considering their heated battle for his contract against United and Barcelona, among their other rivals. In the end, they’d not only gotten him but did so at a reasonable (even considered low by some) price.
At this point, most fans agree that Silva has risen to the top of the club’s pantheon of players, so from that perspective £26m (€31.8m) is truly a bargain even by the 2010’s standards.
Between 2011 and 2015, City’s signings have been historically considered rather average, but there is hope that the new wave of players will usher in the club’s renaissance comparable to the Abu Dhabi era. Of course, those are some big shoes to fill, after the legendary players like Silva, Toure, Aguero, Kompany etc, so the new arrivals would have their work cut out for them.
