How Manchester City's takeover has unfolded

1 September 2008: Out of the blue UAE-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited, headed by Sheikh Mansour, centre, takes over Manchester City for £210m Photograph: Rabih Moghrabi/AFP

1 September 2008: Robinho signs for £32.5m after having told the press he was desperate to join Chelsea Photograph: Paul Hanna/Reuters

13 September 2008: Robinho scores on his debut against Chelsea as City fans wear Arab outfits in the first game since the club's takeover Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Tom Jenkins

September 2008: Sulaiman al-Fahim, the front man for the takeover, is edged aside after gloating about the stellar signings the club would be making Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Europe

26 October 2008: Robinho scores a hat-trick against Stoke City Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

3 January 2009: Mark Hughes's position as manager comes under increasing pressure after a home defeat to Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

January 2009: City's £100m bid for and long pursuit of Milan's Kaká fails when he decides to stay with the Italian club Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Europe

27 January 2009: Hughes fines Robinho for walking out of a training camp in Tenerife. It is the latest in a long line of problems for Hughes with the Brazilian trio of Robinho, Jô and Elano Photograph: Action Images

February 2009: The Guardian reveals City's audacious attempt to sign Chelsea and England captain John Terry, but six months later he eventually decides to stay in London Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images Europe

16 April 2009: City lose to Hamburg in the quarter-final of the Uefa Cup Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

24 May 2009: They end the season with a 1-0 home win over Bolton to finish 10th Photograph: Paul Currie/Action Images

1 July 2009: Gareth Barry signs from Aston Villa Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

15 August 2009: City's new £25m signing Emmanuel Adebayor scores after three minutes on his debut at Blackburn Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire/Press Association Images

July 2009: A Carlos Tevez poster is unveiled in Manchester shopping centre, much to the ire of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Wire/Press Association Images

12 September 2009: City beat Arsenal 4-2 to prove they can trouble the Big Four Photograph: Joe Giddens/EMPICS Sport