Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook explained that City's transfer plans extend across four windows, not just this one. A strategy has been developed that takes City beyond the summer of 2010.
"Over the next four windows we have got a clear list of players that we would like to see at this football club," Cook told City's official website.
"We choose not to get into the public space, which allows itself to be speculative, but we clearly know what we're doing and I think that the fans are going to be excited."