Quote Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm View Post
You can't force anyone to sign for another club either. How are you going to sell him to Stoke if he doesn't wanna go there? Silly.
You don't play him. Join Stoke, sign a new contract or don't get in the squad for the remaining two years of your contract. He'd soon sign, Wenger tried to force him to sign by not playing him this season but it doesn't really work when the player can sign a pre-contract in January.