straight to your inboxPicture a player Pep Guardiola would break Manchester City's transfer record for.A man with attitude, and an attitude problem, who nobody else wanted...
and who didn't really want to join, doesn't spring to mind.Even if that player was a proven Champions League and European Championship winner who had scored goals for Arsenal, Real Madrid, PSG and Liverpool, City nowadays put the character of a potential signing on a par with talent when recruiting.Simply put, if a 23-year-old Nicolas Anelka was available now, City probably wouldn't have signed him.Back in 2002, however, City weren't a club who signed players with records like Anelka's, and couldn't turn down the opportunity to sign a genuine superstar.Even if that.
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