Money always goes to money... Manchester City stars flying high as club seal deal with Etihad Airways

Football has been about the haves and the have-nots for years, but Manchester City have been pulling ahead of the pack in recent years. In financial terms at least.
And now England's wealthiest club have sealed an estimated £120million deal to rename their Eastlands ground the Etihad Stadium.

Flying high: Manchester City players with the Blue Moon Rising jet as it flew in from Abu Dhabi on Thursday

City's players were on hand to toast the deal, posing with a special plane that flew in from Abu Dhabi, which was emblazoned with the club's name.

Since buying City in 2008, Sheikh Mansour has ploughed nearly £1billion into the club.

On the ball: City stars including Vincent Kompany greeted the airline

They won the FA Cup last season, ending 35 painful years without a trophy, but surely they must now move to the next level and make a serious bid to win a first league title since 1968.
The sky's the limit, it seems...

Big deal: City players in club colours pose with the plane