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Manchester City have made three signings as of 19:21pm on 28th July, 2011: Gael Clichy, Stefan Savic and Sergio Aguero.
Left-back Gael Clichy has arrived from Arsenal for £7m.
The French international was introduced to the Premier League as part of Arsenal's highly regarded youth setup after being signed from Cannes in 2003. In his 8 years at Arsenal, Clichy made 264 appearances and became a favourite with the Arsenal fans.
Clichy was part of the 'Arsenal Invincibles' in the 2003-2004 Premier League season, and four years later in 2008 he was named in the PFA Team of the Season alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and former Arsenal teammate and now Manchester City teammate Emmanuel Adebayor.
In terms of honours, Clichy has helped Arsenal to the Premier League title and the Community Shield in 2004, the FA Cup in 2005 and the Champions League final in 2006.
Clichy has bags of Premier League and Champions League experience from his years at Arsenal, despite being only 25 years of age, and will provide width on the left hand side with his pace and crossing ability - something ideal for City striker Edin Dzeko.
Centre-back Stefan Savic has joined Manchester City for £6m from Partizan Belgrade.Stefan Savic is a 20 year old Montenegrin international, and is rated as one of the highest rated prospects in European football.
After making 28 apperances for BSK Borča, Savic transferred to Partizan in 2010. After impressing there, he was called up to the Montenegro international team.
Stefan Savic has played against England, in fact!
He is 6 ft 1, and has features similar to that of The Verve's frontman Richard Ashcroft.
He will wear the #15 shirt.
Sergio Aguero, a Manchester City player for real.Well, it just wouldn't be a Manchester City summer without a marquee signing. One of Europe's most sought after talents has moved club and country for a sum of £35m.
In total, 'Kun' Aguero has scored 125 goals in 290 games in total throughout his career.
Where trophies are concerned, Aguero has lifted the Europa League, the Intertoto Cup and the Euro Super Cup with Atletico Madrid, the FIFA U-20 World Cup with Argentina, and he even won an Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
His individual honours include FIFA Young Player of the Year in 2007, FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Scorer in 2007, the FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament 2007, La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year in 2008, the Don Balón Award: 2007–08 and the Tuttosport Golden Boy 2007.
He will bring Champions League experience and several news fans to the Etihad Stadium.
£35m is the joint second most expensive transfer deal in Premier League history, and the most expensive deal Manchester City have ever taken part in.
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Manchester City's first Premier League game will be at home to newly promoted Swansea City. Who will be the winner of that one? I will make an educated guess before the game on August 13th. But before that, a tour of Ireland and the Community Shield against Manchester United await Aguero and City.
