Mancini said it’d be the first time he’d played for a club looking to win trophies.

Nice selective quoting, though.

Actual quote: “I think he’s a good player, he’s young. It will be the first time he’s
at a club who play to win and it will be different for him but I’m sure
that in a couple of years he will be a top, strong midfielder because he
has good quality.”

I imagine Rodwell probably consulted his England and City team mate Adam Johnson before he decided to go to the Etihad.
The conversation probably went something like this –
Jack – so Adam, what’s it like playing for City, as opposed to staying at Middlesborough where you were playing before?
Adam – I’m glad you asked that question Jack, it’s very pertinent to your career to consider other’s testimonials, rather than just believe what you read in the press.
Since I joined, my personal profile has rocketed into international stardom, indeed I am now a regular England international, making the step up from the under 21′s. I am playing with some of the best footballers on the planet, which has made me a better player, also my manager continually pushes me to improve, which coincidentally has made me a target of several top clubs.
I played in 37 games last season, which keeps me nice and fit, and fresh enough to avoid serious injuries – if I was at a club with less competition, they’d probably risk my health by pushing me to play when not 100% fit, thereby ruining my reputation and shortening my playing career at the very top – I guess you’ve suffered from that Jack haven’t you in your short career?
So far I’ve won the FA cup and the Premier League with City, and we’re aiming to win the Champions League in the next couple of years – would you like to see my winners medals so you can build a cabinet in your front room to house your own?
Jump in the Bentley, it’ll be quicker than walking up my drive which takes me at least half an hour’s brisk striding.

OR

he might have replied –

“Are you bonkers? Of course you should join you plank”.

Just out of interest.
Do all these bleating Rags think City want to pay over the odds every time they buy?
They don’t, they just have to Pay a “City premium” because they can afford to. It’s City who are being ripped off… no-one else.
This has helped to swell the coffers of a few other clubs and probably is very welcome indeed at Everton… although not by their fans.
You have to get used to the new order, City are rich now and how they became so, like it or not, is irrelevant.
They will spend what they think they can afford to spend and if they get it wrong, the examples of Rangers and Pompey are there for all to see.
I doubt they will get it wrong though, as some shrewd business minds are at the helm.
Rodwell will get slagged for selling his soul, as did Lescott, Milner, Barry etc. Also just like them, he will have the opportunity to win Trophies… That’s what Mancini ment by a Club who tries to win.
If he can prove himself, he could go on to be a City regular like Barry and Lescott, or a valuable squad player like Milner and Johnson. A.
If not, then yes he will have blown the chance of a lifetime… but it’s the best chance he will ever get and it’s his life, so his choice.
Lescott, and the others mentioned took awful stick from fans of the clubs they chose to leave.
Now they have the medals to show they made the right choices.  
City do not just but for the sake of it, everyone thought they’d spend big in January, to “buy” the title, as some would have it. They didn’t.
They target specific players and buy those they can agree terms for.
That’s no different to any othe well run team, the only difference is the scale.   

Of course Adam would then he’d join Everton himself

He couldn’t get in to EFCs first eleven, at least the bench seats at the council stadium in Manchester look a bit more plush.
Mancinis comments are a cheap shot, thought he had more class than that.
Maybe he’s signed Rodwell in the hope he can help him beat Everton, he’s only managed it once in the last six attempts.

 That’s a very cunning plan Baldrick

Just as Chelsea, Blackburn and Man Utd to a certain degree have done before, spent shed loads of money to buy the Prem. But for true Footie fans where’s the real satisfaction in that! If UEFA put a cap on Players wages and the number of foreign players each team were allowed to field then that would definitely level things out, where the likes of Man City be then? Everton might not be classed a one of the big four anymore, but at least there a an honest run club, who have a fantastic history and fanbase!

Nice selective quoting indeed. They spend a billion pounds on their first two trophies in 35 years and suddenly they look down on Everton. Strange times indeed.

100k a week is a good decision.

We could do with the money, Jack could do with the silly wages and Mancini’s got more money than sense. Let’s face it, it’s all about cash not about honour, loyalty or committment – thanks to clubs like City or buy success all the old values have gone from this sport. Looking at the Olympians over the last couple of weeks and the TRUE sportsmen and women that compete really does bring home how grubby football has become.

I’m sorry to see him go and I hope he makes it, not so much for City but for England as he would be the kind of player they need – if he progresses.

But I can’t help think of Scott Parker, who left Charlton to go to Chelsea and basically sat on the bench for a year, after they had bought other players.

Bob Latchford talks of Everton as ‘an honest run club’

At that point I stopped reading.

nothing to do with football then?

He should ask Adam Johnson how warm the city bench is.

Im sure he was thinking about those defeats when he was lifting the PL trophy last season