Last summer Manchester City shook the transfer market with 6 signings that cost the club around £100m. After finishing the season off in 5th place after losing the crucial battle with Tottenham at the end of the season it’s wealthy investors, The Abu Dhabi Group, are looking to strengthen the squad and hand Mancini a blank check book. With Mancini’s experience as a manager he should be able to lure more quality players to the club and with the financial backing of the Arab investors we can see numerous players entering and leaving the club.

As an early announcement for their intentions this summer the club has already announced that they will spend £1.5m this summer on upgrades to the stadium. This includes seat warmers, TV’s for big spending fans to replay any moment of the game and bet on games all from their seats. Scarves similar to that worn by Mancini on match games will also become a part of the match-day package. The stadium upgrades also include a new pitch which will should enhance overall performance of the match. All these upgrades to the stadium is an early signal as to what’s to come from the deep pockets of Manchester City this summer.

The number of rumors that have been floating around about the potential signings for Manchester City are endless. We can probably name every single player in Europe and it still wouldn’t match the list of potential signings for Manchester City. Here are a few names that are circulating the rumor mill. Rafael van der Vaart, Gonzalo Higuain, Fernando Gago, David Silva, Gregory van der Wiel, Edin Dzeko.Mikel Arteta, Ronaldinho, and of course James Milner, who the club has already offered £20m but have been denied. This long list of players is quite unusual even for clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid.

With all the speculation as to who will make the first arrival to the Eastlands there is one player that will certainly be heading towards the exit door this summer, Robinho. The on loan striker finished his season off back home at Brazil with his old club Santos. The Brazilian playmaker is unsettled at the Eastlands and has made himself clear in the fact that he would like to leave the club permanently and stay in Brazil after a good year at Santos. It would make little sense for the Citizens to keep the flashy Brazilian as the club has bigger plans this summer.

As the summer continues we will keep you updated with all the latest transfers and we will also keep you updated on all the World Cup matches and Premier League players in the tournament. Follow us on twitter to hear about all the transfers just as they happen, we will also keep you posted on any other related news with the World Cup and the Premier League.