He probably was invited, but if I was him, I too would be ashamed of attacking Barca's managerial infront of the entire world and on top of that taking a canterano with me. (therefore I wouldn't show up).
He worked it all out perfectly.
"People will critizise me for taking thiago.... what can I do?." "Oh i got it! I'm gonna talk cr.p about barca's management so that people concentrate more on that than on me signing Thiago . YES! "
He pulled a mourinho on us,
Talk about the reffs so that no one can talk about the bad game.
he learned from the best