I arrived at Man City with big dreams but I wasn't ready - now it is totally different

Adelaide United vs Manchester City in the summer of 2015 is hardly a friendly that will go down as a core memory of even most of those who were there.

Brandon Barker and Bruno Zuculini may have fond recollections of the game as they scored in a 2-0 win for Manuel Pellegrini's men, in a clash that saw Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany and Samir Nasri get minutes in their legs. Most of the build-up was dominated by the news of Raheem Sterling's imminent arrival after his £49m signing, flying out after the game to join his new teammates.

The fact that the friendly was a debut for £2m summer signing Enes Unal was not even worthy of mention in most match reports. He is one of many forgotten signings that ultimately arrived with big dreams of making it at City but quickly discovered they had to leave.

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Unal had signed for around £2m from Bursaspor as an 18-year-old and was given a chance to impress Pellegrini as most of City's senior players took time to return from the summer. In Turkey, his homeland, he had become the youngest ever player to score in the Super Lig and was a full international - but just three weeks after signing for City and three friendlies in Australia later, he was sent out on loan for two years.

Genk were the chosen club, but his loan would only last six months before a switch to NAC Breda was arranged. Nine goals in 11 games was more like it and he built on that with 18 goals in 32 at FC Twente the following season.

"Breda is a beautiful city with good, social people but most importantly of all, I am playing