"City expect a bumper summer of recruitment to aid their hopes of challenging towards the top of the Championship, and Kesler says while the club will look to benefit from increased sponsorship income, the majority of Shota Arveladze's transfer budget will come from owner Acun Ilicali, though he stopped short of putting a figure on the number of incomings he expects.
"No, not right now. Maybe we'll explain when the players start arriving. Let's leave a little surprise. When the players come, I think what kind of investment we will make will be revealed. We will put in the extra capital and use it for the transfers. Therefore, our plan is to invest in the new players who will come here and keep the structure outside of it with sponsors and other incomes. So yes, we will use our own capital for this.
"We started working to increase revenues. Therefore, we are trying to increase revenues with sponsorships. For example, we started with Corendon Airlines. They give us planes as our travel sponsors. They believed in our project a lot. At the same time, they are investing with us. We are building a Corendon Lounge in the stadium where we can host our Turkish audience. At the same time, there is a demand for the back of the jersey, shorts, training jersey, all of these. We are currently meeting at the table with some important brands of Turkey."
Sounds like we've got a few sponsors from Turkey lined up to advertise with us, there's a real link forming here which can only benefit the commercial side of the club.
It also sounds like we're not pulling any punches when it comes to signing players, certainly more so than we've been used to in the last five years or so.
