Javi Garcia joined from Benfica
ROBERTO Mancini ended a summer of friction with
his Manchester City board by splashing out over £37million in the
final 24 hours of the transfer window.
Mancini completed deals for Javi Garcia (£16m), Matija
Nastasic (£12m), Scott Sinclair (£6.2m), Maicon (£3.1m) and Richard
Wright (free) in a frantic day of wheeling and dealing, which also
saw Nigel de Jong, Roque Santa Cruz and Stefan Savic leave the
club.
After the £15m capture of Jack Rodwell from Everton, he
has spent over £52m in the window – but failed to land main targets
Eden Hazard, Robin van Persie, Javi Martinez or Daniele De
Rossi.
Mancini said: “I was frustrated but now I am happy.
When you finish the season you talk about some players but
sometimes maybe it is not possible to take all the players you
want. But these players will improve our team.”
Of the five signings, only Sinclair is likely to figure
against QPR today.