I said my piece on Rodwell a long time ago, but just to recap:
First of all, he doesn't need 'saving'. He could retire tomorrow and never have to work another day in his life. At the age of 23.
Secondly, we sold him for a reason. Because the fee we received for him was great. And because he wasn't exactly pulling up any trees at the time.
Thirdly we were all amazed with the fee we got for him. No one was really that upset that he went. And Moyes didn't exactly mess around or put up a fight before selling him.
Rodwell would not improve our current team. That's the cold, hard fact. We should be looking to bring new, fresh players in, who have a hunger and desire. And also bring through more of the uber-talented youth team that have excelled for club & country.
And as for the 'he could be a useful squad player for us'.... he's a 'squad player' at City. On £90k a week. Why would he want to be a 'squad player' for us on less than half of that? Whoever he moves to next, he'll want virtually guaranteed first team football. He wouldn't get that from us.
Let's all just move on, eh?