Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas: Signing Sergio Aguero shows Manchester City want to win the title

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas believes Manchester City are building a squad to challenge for the Premier League title following the signing of Sergio Aguero.

City have paid Spanish side Atletico Madrid around £35 million for the Argentine’s services and thanks to some previous lavish spending, the striker will join a team already laden with superstars.

Villas-Boas’ side brought in two players during this summer’s transfer window, but neither signing share the high profile of City’s new striker.

“I think it’s pretty clear that they are building a squad to fight for the title,” he told reporters.

“It’s for Mancini to say what his objectives are, but my personal perspective is that they are making good signings and that they can threaten for the league.”

Regardless of the spending power City posses, Villas-Boas still insists that this season’s title fight could be a fierce as ever.

“I think Man United as the title holders will be a reference for everybody, but you can see the amount of activity Manchester City have had in the market. It’s pretty clear they have a title objective as well,” he said.

“Liverpool did more or less the same, Tottenham want to get back into the top four so they’ll be challenging and Arsenal are always a threat – we haven’t seen the last of them in the transfer market.

“So everybody is strengthening and as long as everybody feels happy with what they have, everybody competes in a different way.”

The west London club themselves have been heavily linked with several players during the summer, including Spurs’ Luka Modric.

However, Chelsea have decided to focus on youth so far, bringing in youngsters Oriol Romeu and Thibaut Courtois.

“It all boils down to the evaluation period, there’s still plenty of time for those decisions,” added Villas-Boas.

“The players that we have shown interest in are young and looking to the future of the club, you might see similar moves in the future from us.

“It is one of the oldest squads in the Premier League, we respect them and we are happy enough with the quality that we have to challenge for the title but we are also looking into the future.

“We are so comfortable at the moment with what we are getting because of the young players we have.

“Things for the future are brighter for us in that respect.”