He's a fine player. The feeling was mutual amongst most city fans when he played at the World Cup - he'd be like a new signing if his attitude was correct and he was cut for the league. A lot of people outside of City understand, but if you were a city fan I think you'd find it even easier to understand why we hate on him - his attitude is dreadful, and he lacks motivation for anyone other than his boyhood teams the Selecao and Santos. Real Madrid wasn't big enough for him. The simple fact is that he is a huge ego with a dreadful attitude and no one will benefit for more than a year other than Brazil or Santos.