Man City: 3 football teams in 1

The city of Manchester,England is home to two of the biggest names in world football today; Manchester United and big-spenders Manchester City. While United have crippling debts reaching the 720 million dollar mark City are practically in paradise. The Abu Dhabi United group has almost assured an endless flow of cash to bring the best players in the world to Eastlands. It all started with the arrival of Brazilian wizard Robinho from Real Madrid for a record fee of 32.5 million dollars. This was followed by Vincent Kompany from HSV and Pablo Zabaleta from Sevilla. More signings followed in the form of Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor,Roque Santa Cruz,Jolean Lescott( a rather much publicised transfer saga i might add),Kolo Toure, Shay Given,Craig Bellamy and Nigel de Jong. They were linked to a host of other world class players like World Cup winner Gianluigi Buffon, Samuel Etoo, Kaka and surpisingly Lionel Messi( was offered to quote his price by the club) The arrival of such players has relegated the club's famed youth academy products to the confines of the substitutes bench. An academy that boasts of England stars like Shawn Wright-Phillips, Micheal Johnson, Steven Jordan etc have got very limited opportunities to showcase their skills. The arrival of players has been matched by the arrival of new managers as well. Mark Hughes who was controversially sacked despite boasting a good record against the traditional Big 4 of English football did not get a chance to fulfill his employer's wish. The arduos task fell to former Sampdoria star Roberto Mancini to bring home the silverware. So far he has made two signings in the form of Patrick Vieira and also Marco Motta from Roma. He has gotten off on the right foot by bringing the winning mentality back into Manchester City and they are now pushing for a place in Europe

But they are still linked to more players. Robinho's latest loan move to his former club Santos has included an exchange for Santos's 17 year old Neymar(widely regarded as the next Pele) . Adam Johnson from Middlesborough is also another to feature on the Manchester City radar along with Giampaolo Pazzini and Antonio Cassano. The club has surplus players for each position and the manager will have a huge selection headache if this transfer spree continues. FIFA's plan to place a transfer cap on each club will probably surface again due to this and also the 6+5 rule will ensure that young talent is nurtured and also that each club has a level playing field when it comes to buying and selling players.