Unbelievable turn of events in EPL before midnight 1st September 2008

Frenzied negotiations to the last minute has made an unbelievable turn of events in the English Premier league where record signings have been broken, clubs have been bought and sold, tempers flaring, snubs occurring, expectancy disappearing, complaints reaching all bundled into one and I mean just this one league!??! You gotto love the EPL coz there is no other league in this world like it in terms of excitement, flare and drama! None, nadaa.. (shrugging my shoulders with a confident guesture). And you can put that in the papers!

Brazilian forward, Robinho which Chelsea had been courting all summer has instead completed his move to Manchester City for a British record fee of 32.5m pounds in the last minutes before the transfer window closes!

Berbatov, a striker much expected to come to Manchester United after their interest to get him onboard the last 2 summers has finally signed in with a transfer fee of 30.75 m pounds, the 2nd highest fee in EPL to date. But not without its twist and turns. Manchester City again was the same club who was going to Hijack Berbatov in the last hitch of the transfer window offering 34m pounds for the striker in which Hotspurs had accepted the bid. Fortunately enough, Berba wanted the move to the EPL and European Champions.

Now if you were wondering why Manchester City, and not Manchester United has been in the papers more often than not these past few days, hijacking and bullying, luring and enticing the market, well Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra has very recently sold his majority share of the club to Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Invesntment (ADUG) owned by the United Arab Emirates leading families. Owner Elect of Man City, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Fahim wants Manchester City to be in the top four teams of the EPL competing for silverware in every front including the European Championship. As a matter of fact, he wants Manchester City to be the biggest club in the world!

To take ADUG Group into perspective in terms for financial muscle, Mr. Abrahamovich is estimated to have a personal wealth of 15billion, now times that by 10 and that is ADUG's worth.

Besides Totenham Hotspurs, I still believe Manchester City might just be a club to watch out this season.