
Few Premier League fans will forget the utter disbelief caused by the announcement that Manchester City had been taken over by super rich Abi Dhabi owners in 2008.
Their new overlords promised to spend big as a new era dawned for a club that had experienced financial troubles only recently. Some exciting names arrived ahead of the 2008-09 campaign, including Jo, Craig Bellamy and Nigel De Jong but, for those already at the club, it was Robinho who caused the biggest stir.