Can mega-money buy a Premiership?  Chelsea proved the case a few seasons ago and this time around the newly rich Manchester City are going to give it a go themselves.  Their activity in the transfer market during the off-season may not be comparable to Real Madrid but they have easily been the biggest spenders in the EPL.

Superstars who will be wearing light blue shirts this season are Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Gareth Barry.  If Manager Mark Hughes can manage language barriers and duelling egos in the dressing room they might just grab the Manchester bragging rights come seasons end.

The full list of transfers are listed below:

Players in: Carlos Tevez (unattached),  Gareth Barry (Aston Villa),  Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn),  Nils Zander (Schalke),  Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa),  Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal),  Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
Players out: Daniel Sturridge (Chelseal),  Gelson Fernandes (St Etienne),  Michael Ball (released),  Dietmar Hamann (released),  Danny Mills (released),  Darius Vassell (released),  Glauber Berti (released),  Richard Martin (released) ,  Joe Hart (Birmingham),  Jo (Everton),  Ben Morris (released),  Curtis Obeng (released),  Chris Ramsey (released),  Ched Evans (Sheffield Utd,  Shaleum Logan (Tranmere),  Donald McDermott (Chesterfield),  Felipe Caicedo (Sporting Lisbon),  Elano (Galatasaray),  Valeri Bojinov (Parma)