Soccer:Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has labelled Manchester City's recruitment policy as "unfair" after the title contenders once again splashed out to land Sergio Aguero.

The Argentinian joined City in a deal reported to be worth around €40 million to add to a squad already bursting with world-class talent.

Perennial big-spenders Chelsea have, so far, been unusually quiet despite seeing most of their title rivals invest heavily in new players. But Villas-Boas feels City’s financial dominance gives them an unnatural advantage in the transfer market.

“I think it’s unfair. I think it’s pretty clear that they are building a squad to fight for the title,” he said ahead of Chelsea’s clash with Aston Villa in the final of the Asia Trophy tomorrow night.

“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.”

However, Villas-Boas still feels this season’s title race could be the closest yet.

“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.”

Meanwhile, the Malaysia Football Association have apologised to Chelsea following the club’s complaint over anti-semitic abuse directed at midfielder Yossi Benayoun.

But the statement from the Malaysian FA plays down the incident which saw the Israel international jeered every time he touched the ball during a recent friendly in Kuala Lumpur.

“The FA of Malaysia have received a complaint from English Premier League side Chelsea FC over alleged racist abuse targeted at Israeli midfielder, Yossi Benayoun, during a friendly match with the Malaysian XI in Kuala Lumpur on 21st July 2011,” the statement read.

“From our initial observations, if such an incident took place, it would have involved a small section of spectators at the match and this surely does not reflect the feelings of the majority of fans in this football-loving country.

“The FA of Malaysia would like to strongly register that we do not condone any form of racism in football.

“If such an incident did happen, we would like to apologise to the player concerned, and also to Chelsea FC.”

The Israeli was barracked every time he touched the ball during the game against a Malaysia XI watched by 84,980 spectators at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium last Thursday and agency reports from the region immediately after stated it was anti-semitic in nature.

When briefing the media after the match, Chelsea suggested the abuse was a consequence of a bad tackle by the Blues midfielder but after reviewing the incident fully, the London club subsequently decided to lodge a formal complaint.

Malaysia is one of a number of predominantly Muslim countries which does not recognise the state of Israel.

Chelsea issued a response to the Malaysian FA’s apology, saying they are now prepared to draw a line under the incident.

“We appreciate the prompt attention the Malaysian FA (MFA) has given our complaint,” the Blues said in a statement.

“Chelsea Football Club is committed to eradicating all discriminatory behaviour from the game and urges the MFA to take appropriate steps to stamp out this type of behaviour in future.

“The club and Yossi accept the apology, and the matter is now closed.”