5) Vincent Kompany

The Belgian left City after winning four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups and four Community Shields, but he cost just £6m when he signed from Hamburg in 2008.


Considering the amount of money the club have spent on other players over the years, the decision to bring in Kompany proved to be an inspired piece of business.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.