See what you're saying but it doesn't quite marry up with Mourinho going to Spurs, who apparently have very little to spend due to their new stadium?
I'm also reading that Man City are demanding compensation, and that Arteta would command a 5m annual salary. Not huge, but certainly not cheap, that's for sure. We seem to think that his inexperience means he's an easy and cheap option, but I don't think it's that simple, he is very highly rated by people in the know. Talk is that City see him as the one to take over from Guardiola when he goes, for example.