I have rearely seen a player hyped that much when he was clearly not particularly good. I was quite happy when City bought him.
It's why recruitment is so incredibly important.
City did some amazing recruitment at the start of their oil period, whereas post Fergie we did ridiculous stuff.
Clearly it helps with the unlimited funds City had to play with, mixed with super ambitious owners. Mistakes like Mangala could quickly be written off and another cheque lashed out.
We kept changing from one type of manager to another, with plans totally changing.
We're exceptionally lucky we didn't pile up on too many of Jose's 29/30 year olds at high fees, like Perisic, Willian etc. Especially at the expense of Martial.