Haaland not in the top 5: Manchester City's 10 most expensive signings of all time

Manchester City's history changed in 2008 when Mansour bin Zayed bought the club. Arab sheik paid £150 million to the former owner to buy City, and The Citizens became one of the most powerful teams in the world.

Since then, Mansour bin Zayed has invested more than $1 billion in signing players. As one of the most powerful clubs, Manchester City can hire the best coaches and sign the best soccer players in the world.

Manchester City are often criticized for the amount of money it spends on signings, and the answer of Pep Guardiola to that is: “To win a lot of titles you have to have top players, and top players cost money. That’s my reflexion". But which were the most expensive signings in Manchester City's history?

For the 10 most expensive transfers in its history, Manchester City paid 685,700,000 euros. Four are defenders, three are midfielders and three are forwards. Only two of those 10 players were not signed by Guardiola.

In 2017, Manchester City paid €57,500,000 to Monaco to acquire Benjamin Mendy. The Frenchman played 75 games for the Citizens until extra-sporting problems kept him away from the field.

Erling Haaland was signed by Manchester City and will join the squad at the end of the season. The 23-year-old Norwegian is one of the best strikers in the world. The English team paid Borussia Dortmund 60,000,000 euros for him.

In 2019 Rodri left Atletico Madrid to join Manchester City in exchange for €62,700,000. The Spaniard is a key player for Guardiola. Since his arrival at City, he has played 148 games, and this season he has played 42 matches.

Manuel Pellegrini was the Citizen's manager when Raheem Sterling joined the club. In 2015 Manchester City paid €63,700,000 to Liverpool for him, and since then, he