Pablo Zabaleta joined Manchester City before the big-money takeover in 2008 Manchester United do have more respect for people now Pablo Zabaleta The Argentine opponent was signed by Mark Hughes per day ahead of the club was acquired by Sheikh Mansour in 2008. Birmingham City filled big money on the loves of Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero and David Silva which served fire them to Premier League fame last season - and Zabaleta is among merely a handful of players left from the pre-takeover time. He said: "Of course because there are many gifted players here today it is different and I say that with plenty of respect to the players who have been here before. "Since 2008 the team has been changing players annually - there is just a few players left in the staff from 2008 - me, Vincent [Kompany], Joe Hart and Micah [Richards )]. "But that's all part of the new era for Manchester City, we be prepared to continue to do better." Zabaleta has made himself a permanent fixture at back this season despite manager Roberto Mancini's tendencies to move his full-backs - but also he has been surprised at his success. Roberto Mancini won the league title at Manchester City last season He said: "When you sign a a club you do and just try your best but I acknowledge that I did not know whether I would be nevertheless be in the squad and winning awards five years later because it was an alternative club when I joined. "I am extremely pleased to be an integral part of this team - I am really happy to be here. "Obviously as players we need certainly to keep spending so much time to keep our devote the staff because in every place we have 2 or 3 players of real quality." City's hopes of keeping the name are gone as they trail Manchester United by 15 points with nine games to go - but that'll not stop them from bidding to land a in Monday's derby at Old Trafford. Zabaleta added: "They have significantly more respect for Manchester City today. "When I arrived at the club in 2008 it had been totally different. "We have various players now and by winning the league championship last period we indicated that we're learning and developing as a club and as a team".
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