I agree with Cal on this one. Does no one think that signing a five year deal may signal his intent to stay. This slump is just a slump created by the oppositions tactics. He signed for us even before we started chasing Manny again so any relation to that deal falling through is pure hype. The lad has been targeted by defenders this season which is stifling his game a bit. This will change once Pienaar and Baines bed in properly and Jags backs him up better, then the opposition will have to start hitting them also which will free up space for Mikel again. Till then we will have a free wing to run up(the left) as most of their attention will be on our right(or wherever mikel is). Things are going good at the moment yet some people are still trying to fabricate problems and accepting negative reasons when there are none there realistically.
