You are missing the point. But i supose i will explain myself, Again. Both the player and the club say he wants to stay. Plus Barca couldn't afford him even if he wanted to go. you would have to offer us one of your prize assets to get him. Not Abidal, Puyol or Henry. And not Toure. Abidal isn't what we need, Puyol is a legend but i think he's a bit passed it now, same as Henry who would never move to another EPL team other than Arsenal anyway and Toure (although he is world class) is another DM when we already have 3 of them.
The thing is other than Henry, All the players linked in a swap deal are defensive players. Why would we swap our star attacker for yet another defensive player?
Another thing that every other fan in England and now it seems here at Barca also dosent understand is how exciting things are at Man City. Barcelona are the greatest team in the world in my opinion. But they are already giants of the game. Man City however is a fresh project which has everything it needs to become a new Giant of the game. A lot of players (especially Robinho) love the idea of becoming a legend at this club. So he and the likes of Adebayor, Kompany, Tevez etc can all say "We were there at the start". This is something unique that only Manchester City can offer.
Rather than Robinho leaving. I'm sure you will see many more world class players joining us. This isn't going to hurt Barcelona though is it. You'll always be fantastic.
As for for the idea of a loan deal LMFAO...It's the funniest thing i've ever heard in football. It's like us saying we will loan Messi from you for 6 months to decide weather we want to but him. It's just stupid. Robinho may not be at Messi's level right now (nobody is) but when he's fit, He is that important to us. He's a talisman at City. A symbol of what we will become.
Why would he want to stay driving a toyota when he can drive a Mercedes? Well that Toyota might just turn into the greatest car on the road. And untill he finds that out. He'll be payed a shit load while he's driving it
