Manchester City face Newcastle United today on the 10th anniversary of the most significant moment in the club’s history — not the lifting of a trophy or a title win but the day that Sheikh Mansour first announced his Abu Dhabi United Group had bought the club from Thai owner Thaksin Sinawatra to begin one of football’s great projects.

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BY A conservative estimate, the 50 players who make up the senior squads of Manchester City and Chelsea will split £300 million (€343m) between them this year, an average of £6m (€6.8m) a man.