Better keep him rather then go for someone older,slower and less technically gifted... would just not make much sense unless it's just a cheap bench player we are looking for which the ones rumored are not, although i agree in terms of mentality just about anyone would do better compared to the wreck pipita has been lately, it would still be hard to digest going sideways or backwards with the choice of replacement.
Really sad that we somehow even ended up with this dilemma in the first place.