Kevin De Bruyne has been impressed by Manchester City's transfer dealings over the close-season and believes their activity shows vision as they continue "building for the future".
Although City did excite at times last season, it was often suggested that they had a number of players past their best or simply not to the standard required by a team wanting to challenge for the title.
Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy, Bernardo Silva, Ederson and Danilo arived for a combined figure thought to be about £204 million and, with the England right-back the oldest at 27, 26-year-old De Bruyne now sees himself as one of the elder statesmen.
"City are building for the future," De Bruyne told Sky Sports ahead of Saturday's visit to Bournemouth. "[We] want to create a team for the next five or six years and not buy six players every window. It takes time and you cannot spend all the money in one window.
"They [the new signings] have added power and pace especially, which is maybe something we lacked a bit.
"They are very strong, very quick and also very direct; that's a bit different to last year. They can get up and down for 90 minutes so that will help us.
"The team is much younger than it was when I arrived two years ago. I was one of the younger guys, now I am one of the oldest, so that's strange."
