Yeah I don't understand it at all either. Beast of a player, love him.
Hope he stays, but I know it's highly unlikely now. And I suppose we do need to cash in on him :\
I dont have anything against Higuain, in fact i think he did very well and could have been better if we didnt had that disfunctional midfield... but unluckily for him, CR7 became available in a weird twist of fate...and now he must be out.
Im pretty sure the board didnt planned it this way and he was going to be here 3 seasons at minimum... but CR7 changes everything and we cant afford to have him benched. DC and Dybs will be starters alongside CR7, who will most likely play a lot of games... so Hoiguain will be warming the bench a lot.
If allegri needs to decide between Higuain and mandzukic, we all know he will prefer Mandz since he is one of his favourite players, and to be honest, eh would complement a CR7 variant way better than Higuain. WHile Higuain scores more, in the end he is an expeensive CR7 variant... while Mandzukic offers other options just in case we need them.