If he is going, I am going to wish him all the best. Not just a great Liverpool player but a great individual and human being as well. Whether he puts in a transfer request or not, I will always respect him.
We are not going to go to pieces without him. Rafa has got to be creative in his imagination and find a replacement and a system that works. Lots of other championship teams in England have lost their top players and gone on to win more trophies (don't need me to name names eh??)