Roberto Mancini has blamed the last-minute rush to bolster his squad for Manchester City’s unconvincing start to the season. The Guardian reports.

City’s two victories have come at home to newly-promoted Southampton- winning 3-2 and Queens Park Rangers- beating Mark Hughes’ side 3-1.

Mancini spent much of the summer chasing Roma’s Daniele De Rossi and former Arsenal striker Robin van Persie- who moved to Manchester United instead for £24million.

Eden Hazard was also on the club’s radar, but perhaps it is a sign of changing times at the club, as they were unwilling to meet the Belgian’s huge wage demands- the player joined Chelsea for £32million.

It led to a public dispute between the Italian and City’s sporting director, Brian Marwood, who had been ordered by Sheikh Mansour to cut spending at the club.

But the reinforcements did eventually come, with the Premier League champions splashing out on the signings of Javi Garcia, Scott Sinclair, Matija Nastasic and Maicon on deadline day for a combined fee of approximately £38million.

Richard Wright also arrived on a free transfer as third-choice goalkeeper, behind Joe Hart and Costel Pantilimon

Mancini implied that even he is unsure of his best team and admits it could take time for the new players to adjust to their surroundings.

He said: “We had new players only in the last two or three days of the market and maybe these players don't know their team-mates well and need time."