Manchester City owners promise Milan's Kaka is 'just the first signing' with Messi, Gerrard and Lampard all in sight

Manchester City are ready to turn fantasy football into reality with a series of big-money transfers to follow up their £100 million world record bid for Milan superstar Kaka.

On top of their £250,000- a-week offer to the Brazilian former world footballer of the year, City's Abu Dhabi owners, headed by Sheik Mansour, are hoping to tempt Kaka with the promise that he will be just the first of an incredible roll call of talent who will end up at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Money men: City benefactor Sheik Mansour (L) with brother Mohammed (centre) and Qatar’s Tamim bin Hamad

That could see City spending vast sums on a hit-list which includes the likes of Barcelona's Lionel Messi, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, Chelsea. Even Manchester United pair Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney are targets, an indication of Sheik Mansour's determination to turn his club into the biggest and most successful club in the world. Such spending would represent a clear challenge to the established record of arch rivals and neighbours United, the European champions and now odds-on favourites to land their third successive Premier League title.

If City do finally persuade Milan to part with a player who is coveted throughout the globe and who, until now, was considered untouchable, they will have shown that every player has his price. The logic of the deal is that there is not a club in the world who could ignore City's oil-backed cash, particularly at a time of global financial restraint. Roman Abramovich, Chelsea's billionaire owner, has already indicated that he has dipped into his personal fortune to subsidise signings for the last time. The big question will be whether Sheik Mansour and his connections will put their long-term faith in Mark Hughes.

Results between now and the end of the season will decide whether the City manager is handed the responsibility of steering the club towards what they hope will be a bright, new future.

Souce: Dailymail