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Originally Posted by Damien
He was offered a better contract early last year, which he and his agent stalled on. He had other offers during the Summer, early on it was United, but at City they are more than doubling what Arsenal could offer. He clearly went for the money, not that there is anything wrong that to be honest.
As for how he handled it. He was left out of both Champions League games at his own request, it's hard to judge because there are so few leaks from Arsenal no one every knows what is actually happening.
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But if he wanted to leave then not signing a contract was the right thing to do, whether it was to do with money or not. Maybe he saw it as joining City or United would mean he would get more money and a better chance of winning something, which is fair enough. Being left out of the Champions League games was as much for his benefit as Arsenals, you would probably have got nothing for him if he had played in them.