It's no secret that Manchester City enjoyed an excellent transfer window. Six signings, one of whom is destined to be the next best player on the planet, a complete squad refresh and a profit was even made.
That's some summer of business for City and a rarity too, as Pep Guardiola has only tended to add a couple of players per window in recent years.
But it was time for a shake-up after years of success in order to keep the squad happy and hungry to win even more. Things certainly bode well after the opening weeks of the campaign and here's how the Blues' new recruits have fared at the Etihad so far. ALSO READ: Kalvin Phillips' World Cup place for England in major doubt after Man City surgery Erling Haaland It's only been nine games but we're already starting to run low on ways to describe Erling Haaland.
The man is scarcely believable. The magic of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the last 15 years has skewed how impressive goalscoring stats can be and it looks as though Haaland could raise the bar even higher.