Mario Balotelli strolled back into Carrington as the squad reconvened early in the month.

Our home patch was renamed as the Etihad Stadium, and there were plenty more exciting developments on and off the pitch to follow.

The boys admire the paintwork on Etihad's City-branded aircraft, complete with Blue Moon on the underside!

Classy full-back Gael Clichy was the first acquisition of the month.

The squad jetted off for a 10-day visit to the west coast of the US, with a brief detour to Canada.

History hangs over Stefan Savic's head as he takes the tour after putting pen to paper on his transfer to City.

The lads responded well to the order to "drop and give me a thousand!"

The squad visited a UFC training camp and there were no surprises as to who wanted to get stuck in...

Club America were the opponents for the first match of the tour in San Francisco.

The well-received red-and-black kit got another airing as City travelled up to Canada to play Vancouver Whitecaps.

Plans for our new training complex near the stadium were unveiled.

On the other side of the world we helped launch a new soccer pitch for children in the suburbs of East LA.

The final game of the tour ended with the unlikely sight of Joe Hart slotting home the winning penalty.

City swooped for Sergio Aguero as the season proper loomed...

...but there was still time to nip over the Irish Sea and return with more silverware, namely the Dublin Super Cup.