Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has dismissed critics of their transfer policy.

Kompany hits back at the critics of the spend, spend, spend policy, ­arguing that it is only a case of them playing catch-up over a short space of time to match what major rivals like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have ­invested over a longer period.

“If you talk about City, what is fair?" added the Belgium international. “The status quo? Should City be in the third division and say we've got ­awesome fans with 30,000 in the stadium but we're never ­really allowed to have success?

“Any kind of investment that's been made by City over the years is to overtake 20 years of an advantage by any other club."