Source: Liverpool_Echo
DAVID PRENTICE: All that glitters is not gold - a tale of two Everton FC centre-backs
JOLEON LESCOTT stopped short of saying he'd joined a bigger club - after all, his new manager had already done that for him.
But the inference was clear at Wednesday's press conference.
'Everyone outside the top four is aiming for the same thing, but I think City are better equipped to get there faster than Everton,' said Lescott.
For better equipped, read richer. And that, sadly, appears to be the currency which motivates Joleon Lescott.
City have spent wildly and impressively this summer, but does that make them a bigger club than Everton?
If you were talking about the size and loyalty of their admirable fanbase, you could have an argument.
But ultimately a losing one. Because despite the increasingly persuasive argument about the size of your wad, the length of your honours list is still the most impressive statistic for membership of football's 'Big list.'
And City have failed to win a trophy in Joleon Lescott's lifetime.
Actually Huddersfield have won more league titles than City. So have Derby, Burnley, Portsmouth and Preston.
Which brings us back to money, surely the primary motivation for Lescott's move.
He said he was 'over the moon' at a move worth £94,000 a week to him - surely a contender for the John Cleese 'stating the bleedin obvious' award.
But the argument that we'd all jump at the opportunity of doubling our wages doesn't hold.
