July 1, 1995. Two weeks had already passed, and the summer break had come and gone.
Now, it was time to get back to work.
There were two more players who joined City—both requested by O'Neill: a right-back and a backup goalkeeper.
Richard agreed with his request and spent another £450,000 on Irish right-back Steve Finnan from Welling United, and £230,000 on goalkeeper Richard Wright from Ipswich Town.
With this, all of City's 1995/1996 transfer activity was complete. The total expenditure on player acquisitions was £4.73 million, allocated as follows:
Jens Lehmann – £500,000
Henrik Larsson – £650,000
Mark van Bommel – £500,000
Robbie Savage – £500,000
Neil Lennon – £300,000
Jackie McNamara – £600,000
Marco Materazzi – £500,000
Gianluca Zambrotta – £500,000
Steve Finnan – £450,000
Richard Wright – £230,000
After selling Sol Campbell and Shaun Goater to Tottenham for eight million, and Rivaldo to PSV for sis million, they still had £10 million in reserves.
