"It's City, isn't it?" he said. "They are a small club with a small mentality. All they can talk about is Manchester United, they can't get away from it. That is stupid doing that. That arrogance will be rewarded. It is a go at us, that's the one thing it is. They think taking Tevez away from Manchester United is a triumph. It is poor stuff.
"Do you know what City's biggest triumph is? It's getting those players there. I don't know if they will do anything. It is not easy to get in that top four so the biggest success of all is to just get the players there. They might not get beyond that.
"They have come because of the money. That is the big attraction to people nowadays. That is the reason they have gone there. At the last minute, from what I can gather, Emmanuel Adebayor or his agent phoned us after he had agreed a deal with City and then he did the same to Chelsea. You ask why is he going to Manchester City and it can only be for one reason. He was desperate to get to Chelsea and he was desperate to get to us."