Manchester City turned up to the shop a little late this summer, arriving to find the best stock already sold.
Adding to the purchase of Everton's Jack Rodwell weeks earlier, City spent close to £40 million in the waning hours of the transfer window, bringing in Swansea's Scott Sinclair, Fiorentina's Matija Nastasic, Inter's Maicon and Benfica's Javi Garcia.
