Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini insists they shouldn't be ashamed of their big money transfer policy.

City are intent on bringing superstars of their own to the Etihad Stadium and Roberto Mancini has insisted the club's high spending will continue.

"If we want to stay on top with all the other teams that spend a lot of money in the last 10 years we need to improve and buy top players," said Mancini.

"For us it was difficult. We needed to buy good players if we wanted to improve. We had the chance to take good players and we did this.

"All the managers talk about the money we have all the time. We have 11 players like all the others."