We f***ed up last time by only giving him 2 years that ended when he was still 32.
We should have give him an extra year back then. It was never enough time to judge whether he was falling off or not due to age, and has left us in this weird situation now where it's far risky giving him 2 years on big money.
Think a version of Mane that stayed would have been different than one that left.
Then again players having a purple patch in the final 6/12 months when they've decided their off isn't new. Mane did it, Countinho, Suarez, Alonso too.
So who knows.
Don't play him in league Cup unless we reach the final
Don't play him FA cup unless we get to the semis.
Win next 2 CL games and don't play him last 2.
Start taking him off at 60mins if we're up by 2 in league games against bottom 10.
Arsenal have had a pretty awful fixture list. They've played most of the top teams away already. Apart from us.
But i think they're heads will go unless they close the gap quick.
Some weird thing with arsenal fan base.
My working theory is they know their position is temporary and it's gives them this manic anxiety as they wait for it to crumble.