Manchester City on Wednesday evening breezed past Oxford City to the semi- final of the 2019/2020 EFL Cup - a title they have won back-to-back in the past two seasons - where they will meet local rival Manchester United.
In light of these recent successes that is being recorded by the Cityzens, let's take a quick look at how it all began for the Etihad faithfuls.
In 2008 Manchester City was bought by the mega rich, Abu Dhabi United Group.
Under the Sheik Mansour's leadership, 5 different managers have tutored the team; Mark Hughes (2008 - 2010), Roberto Mancini (2010 - 2013) Brian Kidd ( interim basis 2013), Manuel Pellegrini (2013 - 2016) and Pep Guardiola (2016 till date).
Transfers
Since 2008, the Blue side of Manchester have spent a whooping amount of over 1.5 billion pounds in the transfer market on players like Robinho, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Kun Aguero, Yaya Toure, Raheem Sterling, Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez to name but a few.
Stats
In the last one decade, Man City have played 379 games with 250 wins, 65 draws, and 64 losses. Scoring a total of 841 goals and 502 goals difference - 129 goals more than the nearest rival Chelsea.
Trophies
FA Cup - 2 titles
English League Cup - 4 titles
FA Community Shields- 3 titles
English premier league - 4-times champion
Conclusion
Manchester City is the most successful English team of the decade on the domestic scene. Although in European continental competitions, only one semi- final ( in 2016) and two quarter-final appearances can be shown for their spending spree.
Ridwan Fabiyi
Sports Writer and Analyst
