OK, Man. City, seriously?

Richard Dunne went on record today having a bit of a go at Manchester City for how they handled his transfer to Aston Villa. He says they lied to him. What was it they lied about?

Well, apparently they told him that they needed to sell him to 'balance the books': "They told me they have a certain amount of money they have to recoup each season to make things look better on the books".