Arsenal have a five-man midfield with with Emmanuel Adebayor operating as a lone striker - but don't be surprised if Cesc Fabregas has a licence to go forward and support him at every opportunity.

In fact, City fans had never known a summer like it. Hughes had been backed in the transfer market and Gareth Barry, Joleon Lescott, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor ...