Source: Telegraph
Benjani: there is no trust at Manchester City
The Zimbabwe international agreed a deal with Rovers last week having been released earlier this summer by City, where he had spent a largely unsuccessful two-and-a-half-year stint. [LNB]With a raft of expensive new players arriving at Eastlands after he was signed in 2008 by then-manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, Benjani, whose time with City was marred by injury, was deemed surplus to requirements by the club's current boss Roberto Mancini. [LNB]The 32-year-old forward has now proven his fitness sufficiently to win himself a contract at Ewood Park and while expressing his delight at earning another chance to play in the Barclays Premier League, Benjani has also taken the opportunity to fire a parting shot at his former employers. [LNB]Asked what it was like to be at City when they were spending so much money, Benjani said: ''It sounds great, but in football money is not everything. [LNB]''What is needed is people who can hang around and love you to be there. [LNB]''Sometimes you are loved to be there because of money, which is not good. I would prefer to be here without having all those facilities, be happy and trust everyone around you.'' [LNB]Asked if he thought some players at City were interested in money more than anything else, Benjani said: ''Yes, it seemed like that and behind the scenes, there is no trust. [LNB]''I would prefer to play for a club where you are being trusted and you trust everyone around you.'' [LNB]
