its just another excuse in a long list of pitiful excuses.
oh, City refuse to discuss a new contract, i'll hand in a transfer request.
oh, nothing to do it manchester.
oh, it always raining in manchester.
oh, i cant be arsed to learn english even though i've lived here for over 5 years.
oh, i'll sign a 5 year contract, take my £150k a week and still act like a twat.
fair enough ... no one wants to keep a player from his family. so obviously its a move back to Argentina that he wants. oh, maybe Spain, after all they speak Spanish there, and its sunny and there must be something to do there surely?
Trouble is .... he has no bargaining chips.
He has 3 years left on his contract, so City arent in a desperate need to sell him if he's refusing to sign a new deal.
He's worth at least £35m so City arent going to let that just walk out the door.
Is there any club that would actually want to sign him and the baggage that comes with him ie. his agent (isnt it funny that Mark Hughes, hasnt got a new job yet somewhere .... same agent ... see a pattern?), who have demonstrated in the past they arent the easiest to work with?
Barca might have gone for him, but would be scared off by a £40m price tag if their main targets are Fabregas and Sanchez.
Madrid might be interested, but they'd have to sell a few before that happens.
No Argie clubs will pay £35m+ for him.
Milan, Inter, Bayern, Juve could have a go, but how different is Italy compared to England, at least England is closer to Argentina than Italy is.
City need to stand firm, sympathise to a degree, but still act like a company.
If a club bids then let him go.
He can buy himself out of his current contract, which is £30m for any potential transfer fee City would get and the wages he was due to earn, which is about £15m over the 3 years, so buying himself out for £45m.
If he refuses to come back from South America this summer, suspend his wages and ban him from playing and even training with another team, until he returns.
Anything else would set a dangerous precedent if any player can simply walk out of his contract for personal reasons. Players are people, but they are still financial assets.