What has been said? At Arsenal he had the best time of his career, Arsene Wenger loved him. Then Barca and Bayern wanted him. We talked to both, he ultimately chose Barcelona, Ferber told Goal and SPOX. On the plane on the way to sign the contract, I sensed that he was looking forward to it, but also doubting it. In this situation, I probably should have had more influence, he should have signed with Bayern after all. Barca was a huge club, but returning to Germany and the overall package in Munich would probably have been a better fit at that point. But Aleks wanted to play with Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Thierry Henry.