Claudius wrote:
I heard from someone in the know that he had adjustment issues / homesickness.
But don’t really need the details.
That sounds very far fetched. He lived in Southampton until he was 16, then in Brighton & Hove for three years then moved to different cities and towns all over the UK every twelve months for five years in a row, this second year at Arsenal being the first time he's in the same place for more than a year since then.
Two weeks in Qatar sounds harmless compared to that, he said in a recent interview he's enjoying sunbathing all day there ffs.