Manchester City used to do much of their transfer shopping in the lower divisions, before Sheikh Mansour’s takeover saw them go from Pound Shop to Harrods.
In fact, in almost 12 years since the Blue revolution, they have only dipped into the Football League four times, as a succession of big-money buys, foreign and domestic, flooded into the Etihad Stadium.
So who were the last ten signings City made from the EFL – ignoring players who left relegated clubs, like Ben Thatcher and Trevor Sinclair – and what became of them? Scott Carson (Derby, loan) – the veteran goalkeeper was brought in last summer as third choice, allowing Aro Muric to go on loan to Nottingham Forest.
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