Livid with being subbed against Southampton there is every chance that Jose Mourinho will accept a big money offer for a player he clearly values below the likes of Eden Hazard and Oscar.
PSG have money to make just such a bid and the 25 year old Spaniard knows that first team football is key to his hope of retaining a prominent role in Vicente del Bosque’s 2014 World Cup finals squad.
However Laurent Blanc has an abundance of creative midfielders, is there a danger of swapping one bench for another?