He wasn't.
It was bollocks. You think anybody who can leave on a free transfer is also going to accept almost a £250k a week wage cut, just because he loves the club?
It's not about money for City, it's about his inability to perform on a weekly basis due to his physical decline.
He was absolutely abysmal prior to the Palace game. He said he had been pain free for six weeks, which begs the question, why was he so bad for the other five weeks, including his last derby?
Lots of revisionism going on. People have blasted Pep for being too loyal to much of the old guard, to the detriment of our season. Here he is, making some very difficult decisions, and yet he and City are acting improperly?
Kev is always going to have eye catching moments, even playing in testimonials when he's into his fifties, you never lose that.
People moaned when we let Gundo leave for Barca, but it was clearly the right decision, based on what we have seen for over the last 12 months.
Kev has had his time, and what a time it has been, but life waits for nobody. It is an insult to City and also to Kev if we are paying him £200k a week out of sentiment just to play an hour a week, at the detriment to progressing again.
United made this mistake, holding on to Keane, Scholes and Giggs for years too long.