City's 20 best transfers of all timeUpdated: March 26th, 2007
Firstly I should make clear that this isn’t a list of the best ever players City have signed. The table (below) is worked out purely in financial terms and only includes players who were later sold by the club.
Obviously a player such as Colin Bell, who was bought for £42,000 from Bury in 1966, would have been worth several times that at the height of his career. But as it’s impossible to put a financial figure on players who aren’t sold, he ain’t on the list.
City's top 20 transfer deals of all timeUpdated: December 20th, 2006
Firstly I should make clear that this isn’t a list of the best ever players City have signed. The table (below) is worked out purely in financial terms and only includes players who were later sold by the club.
Obviously a player such as Colin Bell, who was bought for £42,000 from Bury in 1966, would have been worth several times that at the height of his career. But as it’s impossible to put a financial figure on players who aren’t sold, he ain’t on the list.