Mourinho: City have more financial clout than Real

Mourinho revealed that the Spanish giants were outbid by City for Serbia left-back Aleksandar Kolarov - who arrived in Manchester for £16 million in the summer - and claimed that he would have 'no chance' of prising Emmanuel Adebayor away from Eastlands.

City have splashed more than £100 million on new players in the past few months, including the capture of Kolarov from Lazio, and appear to have a bottomless treasure chest of funds thanks to their Abu Dhabi owners.  Real have hardly stood still in the transfer market themselves, signing Sergio Canales, Angel Di Maria, Sami Khedira Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Ozil. But Mourinho believes that after a decade of galactico transfer policy at the Bernabeu, City have now emerged as the dominant force in the market.