article_snippet.sent: James Milner is one of very few Englishmen in a first team squad that is too foreign and too old .
article_snippet.sent: Manchester City signed defender Eliaquim Mangala for £32million last summer and James Milner has been poor .
article_snippet.sent: Wilfried Bony was signed in January from Swansea for £28m but has only scored once since arriving .
article_snippet.sent: Signing David Silva and Yaya Toure in 2010 and Sergio Aguero a year later lifted David Silva and Yaya Toure to David Silva and Yaya Toure current level but nothing since the first Premier League title has hinted at the further progress many presumed would be inevitable.
article_snippet.sent: Elsewhere, players such as Vincent Kompany contributed when Manchester City were playing well but disappeared once things became harder.
article_snippet.sent: Since hacking at Neymar during the Barcelona defeat, an act that earned Neymar the cheapest of yellow cards, the France international has played only 13 minutes of two games.
article_snippet.sent: Stevan Jovetic, a £22m signing from Fiorentina, could find Vincent Kompany shipped out as Manchester City try to deal with FFP .
article_snippet.sent: Wary of Financial Fair Play restrictions, Manchester City cannot spend enormous sums on targets such as Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba without first selling.
article_snippet.sent: Others who are vulnerable include Stevan Jovetic, Bacary Sagna and even Toure.
article_snippet.sent: The Toure debate is not new but what should be kept in mind is that the Ivorian will not be going anywhere until someone matches a salary that exceeds £1million a month.