It looked for all the world that - after winning another Premier League title - Manchester City would be content with a fairly quiet summer.
One big splurge on the player they've coveted for several years would be enough, we thought. Going into the summer the only position City really needed to strengthen this year was to recruit a striker, and by pulling off the signing of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, they've got a player who could well become the best in the world.
City are already the dominant force in English football at present, having won four of the last five Premier League titles, and adding Haaland to an already sensational squad seems akin to deploying a cheat code.
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