Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will spend the coming days assessing those players he sent away on-loan this season.
Several could be shown the door at Eastlands as Mancini aims to put his own mark on the City squad.
Big money buys Jo (Galatasaray), Valerie Bojinov (Parma), Felipe Caicedo (Malaga), and youngsters Ryan McGivern (Leicester), Shaleum Logan (Tranmere) and Kelvin Etuhu (Cardiff) all due back into the fold along with keeper Joe Hart (Birmingham) and Vladimir Weiss (Bolton) whilst British record signing Robinho remains at Santos in Brazil until the first week in August.