It's still weird he didn't train for like 3 weeks, isn't it? But of course, if this move was always on the cards then I can hardly blame him if he wanted out... It's just that he should have trained at least for that time. But he's a kid anyway so there is no point in calling him names etc.According to Kicker in Germany we've gotten €7m for this, and he never went AWOL - the clubs negotiated the price happily in order to avoid a messy divorce.
Also if they've spent €7m on him, makes more sense why he's got their number 7 shirt straight away.