Barca wants to get rid of him anyway. Which is why no one at Barca is making Thiago any promises. Pep is right. With Neymar's purchase the experiment of Iniesta on the wing is dead. Now, even if Xavi immediately retired, this wouldn't guarantee Thiago anything. We'd have Fabregas and Thiago competing for 1 spot and Tito prefers Fabregas obviously.
By now I actually believe Barcelona is trying to force him out and not other way around. Which would explain why he is still not gone yet, tweeted "I love Barca", why Pep said that no one wants to leave Barca unless they are forced out and why the local papers keep photoshopping him into other team's jerseys.
Yep, this is how it's going down. Poor Thiago. He's the victim in all of this.
Poor United fans though. At least we can comfort ourselves with Song, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas and Messi occupying the center of the pitch. What do United have? Anderson and Cleverley?