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euphoricone wrote:When he was in the squad, everyone was like : "Its over for this guy. Over. Sell him." Wenger did sell him. I still think it was a good decision.
Agreed - he still hasn't been a regular for Shakhtar anyway. Good luck to him - a great guy and nobody at the club would want him to be anything other than succesful
But for most of the last year he looked terribly off the pace and too weak for the demands of the Premiership. Watching him and fellow lightweight Vela at times last season was totally frustrating.
The GIC was fair to him and got a reasonable price too