I would venture to suggest that IF Cesc threw tantrums to leave, and i do stress the IF, then I am sure we cannot have a player leading our team when he already had one foot elsewhere. I'm sure we all want a captain who is committed and wants to 'die' for the shirt - I can't really fault Cesc, because he has been the very spirit of this club and he maintained the ethos of great captains before him like McLintock, O'Leary, Adams and Vieira.
I am not convinced he is ready to jump ship - I feel he has a lot to win here and all the more fulfilling. He is 23 and has time on his side to go to Barca, and when that time comes, I will wish him well.
He has scored 18 goals from midfield, assisted just as many, driven this team almost single handedly at times last season, came on vs Villa and his 2 goal match winning cameo busted his hamstring, played thru injury for much vs Barca in a UCL semi final, and took a penalty WITH a broken leg, then soldiered on so that we didn't have less players during the match. He is a hero already at Arsenal, in my book. The next trophy winning team will be his.
But, maybe he doesn't see it that way - and I, and hopefully the fans should respect that.
(even if he goes to those whiny, diving twats! meh)
