OR the player has made it be known that he has no intention of carrying on playing there. There's no way on earth that ANY club will keep a player on a big wage that's refusing to play, if there is a suitable buyer. If City truly are willing to pay top dollar for him, and he has made it clear he wants to leave, i think a deal will be struck but they will try and change his mind first. Maybe he hasn't even got as far as making his feelings clear, he could just have been testing the waters and i wouldn't blame him for it either.