2017 was the time to leave, we made our move, he was 30, still young enough to adapt to a new culture and league.He rejected that opportunity.The problem is he will be wasting one more year at barca. He already has given 2/3 years more than he should have given. He will not win anything next year as well. No chance of winning ballon d or as well. As he said he is not happy footballing wise to stay at barca.
33/34 is to old even for one of the great's, we have seen that with David Silva, still a wonderful talent but no longer physically capable of doing what he wanted to do.
The premier league is a brutal league, the schedule is tough, a game every 3 days at a very high level.