Pep Guardiola's wishes are coming true as, brick by brick, he is being allowed to assemble an expensive new Manchester City side. From a squad that could and maybe should have been disassembled a year or two earlier, the rejuvenation is now in full swing.
People will gasp at the amounts being spent, but City have held onto many players until they were not fit for purpose and are now being punished for not acting sooner. The market always sees City coming, but this summer's obvious needs have pushed sellers' prices higher and higher.
As well as an omnipresent "City-subsidy", the club has been held to ransom, first by Tottenham and now by Monaco, with both clubs knowing full well that City's desperation to fill problem positions would lead them to pay over the odds to get the men they wanted.