The Abu Dhabi-owned club have become an exercise in how to construct the supreme modern football team with vast money
When Sergio Agüero won the Premier League for Manchester City in the 94th minute of the last match of the 2011-12 season, the emotional extremes, how nearly they cocked it up, made a fevered connection with all the stumbles of the old club. City fans are pinching themselves again now at the prospect of a Champions League final within touching memory of a League One play-off final with Gillingham, but there can no longer be any illusion that this is the City of old.
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