Manchester City chief Garry Cook is confident the club can
attract the world's best players.
Cook told The Times: “There are budgets. People talk
about a list like it's the back of a fag-packet and some names. We
have thick files on each individual. It's a rigorous process and it
always starts with Mark. It's not us saying, ‘Hey, Mark, we've got
a great guy who would be great at Disney. Fit him in.' We might
look to sign people who can lift the profile of the club, but only
if they have the ability and the character to fit into Mark's
structure.
“What the Kaká episode told me is that signing these players is
more possible than people gave us credit for. We don't have a
concern over people joining the club. The concern we have is that
they are joining for the right reasons. I could give you a list of
people we've turned down because they wanted to come here for the
wrong reasons.
"We know we're not in the Uefa Cup or the Champions League next
year, but when we get in front of the right people and we talk
about our plans, we are confident they will like what we tell
them.”