2. How the teams Prepared
• Manchester City Buys:Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid,
£38m), Samir Nasri (Arsenal, £24m), Gael Clichy
(Arsenal, £7m), Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade, £6m),
Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara, undisclosed), Owen
Hargreaves (Manchester United, free).
• Manchester United Buys:David De Gea (Atletico Madrid,
£17.8m), Phil Jones (Blackburn, £16.5m), Ashley Young
(Aston Villa, £16m).