10 Strangest Ever Man City Transfers

From injury plagued stars through to city centre billboards, we look at Manchester City's 10 strangest signings.

By Joseph Dempsey /

John Walton/EMPICS SportEver since the Abu Dhabi United Group€™s £200 million buyout of the club in 2008, Manchester City have been one of the Premier League€™s most active sides in subsequent transfer windows, with £300 million being spent on new players in the first three years of the new regime alone. The likes of Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, Carlos Tevez and David Silva have been brought in to spearhead the Citizen€™s ground-breaking ascent to the top of the English game in recent years, as the Sky Blues have dramatically transformed from midtable also-rans to Premier League champions. Money has not been an object in persuading some of the world€™s best footballers to join the Etihad revolution, but not every transfer City have made in the last six years has been successful, and some very strange decisions indeed have been made by the top brass at Etihad Stadium. Who can forget that astonishing billboard in Manchester City centre, or a certain defender€™s move to the club only two months after he had signed for Atletico Madrid? There have been one-season flops and injury jinxes, and even a player who signed on a six-month contract. Here, we take a look at Manchester City€™s 10 Strangest Transfers. Click €˜next€™ to read on.