There is a slight of hope of him staying longer, in Roberto's post match interview, he said it's important he feels at home here.
If he is very happy here, getting a good run of games being the 'star man', then at the end of the season, we're in Europe, he might just stay.
Everyone being very careful about what they say in the media and rightly so. His partnership with Barkley has all the signs of being the making of something a bit special. If we can't afford him because he's shown everyone how ace he is then we need as close as we can afford as a replacement. Benteke if he doesn't have a stellar season at Villa maybe? Sod it just gonna enjoy him while we can and worry much, much later.
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