I might be wrong, but the way I see it is this: yes, after Abu Dhabi left, Citroën could have scraped together the money for Loeb's programme, but this might have meant less money for development and/or testing etc, and for sure Ogier wouldn't have approved this. Also, I don't think they should have kept Loeb only to keep him from going elsewhere, they did this in 2011, and we all know how well that story went long-term... So all in all, I hope this is the best solution for everybody involved: Citroën will have a very strong team with developments in every area, and Loeb gets to compete and experience how an other team works.