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Nah mate the season Toure joined, City were in the Europa Lg, Mancini had just done half a season after taking over from hughes, other than tevez only Silva was their as a world class player - Adam Johnson was one fo their best players. no way you could say that was guaranteed success. You say Toure was not appreciated, same as Partey not feeling respected at Athletico, Makelele moving to chelsea from Real. Spanish clubs undervalue physical DM's prefer technique.
When Toure signed City had Robinho, De Jong, Kompany, some season pros like Barry and Milner. He signed the same summer they signed Silva and spent almost 30m on Dzeko. So when he signed he was signing into a huge project that was not only putting its money where its mouth was but was promising investment further down then line.
The very next season they signed Aguero and Nasri along with Clichy.
So he wasnt just signing for money. He was signing into a project that probably was explained before he signed. Did the money help. Yes. But it was crystal clear when Toure signed that Man citys plan was to try and buy top quality every year and within a few years challenge. That was the plan and that's what happened.
What is Arsenals project? What are Arsenal selling?
Its the exact same as Chelsea 15 years ago and Toure probably seen how that developed. They had a project which was to sign the best players and basically buy the league. Players weren't just signing for the extra 50k a week. They wanted to be part of a project and play with the best players and be part of the best team.