Reading a few of the Arsenal message boards they seem to rate him quite highly and are just puzzled why Wenger signed him if he wasn't going to play him. 13m wouldn't be horrific business in the current market.
I would say yes, since they are currently not paying 9.5m for him while we buy him.
Aye point I was trying to make was signing players on loan with silly clauses
I know this is probably giggs but I didn't realise that he got dropped from Sunderlands team as they would have had to buy him if he played any more games (for 9.5m) didn't they learn anything from the Alvarez debacle?