IMHO, i don't think Man City will be the next Chelsea, just because both teams after being bought over and got money to spent doesn't mean both clubs are the same.

Chelsea used the money to buy players like Andriy Shevchenko, Hernán Crespo, Adrian Mutu, just to name a few, who have no experience playing in the English League. And with that, you don't see the names i mention playing for Chelsea this season for various reasons, some wanted to stay but didn't perform at all. Even now, players like Michael Ballack, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien, who are the core of the Chelsea team, need a season or 2 just to "understand" how the English League work, inside and out.

Man City ?

Mark Hughes, with all the money that can match of Chelsea's, didn't follow what Chelsea did. He instead bought players who have been playing in the English League for some time, who knows how the league works, who knows how to play in the English League.

What does Shaun Wright-Phillips, Gareth Barry, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Toure, Carlos Tevez, Shay Given have in common? Simple, they all played in the English League for good amount of time with various clubs. Any manager in the English League will want the players i mentioned above in their team, no doubt about that for sure, well, if they have the money.

Question raised is that, if all of them can gel up together as a team remains to be seen, but English League ready, 100% ready.

Ops, i taught this was the main Man City thread.

Yup, there's no need for 2 threads talking about the same club, even if the discussion is about "Is Club ABC be the next "Club XYZ".