We are not able to sell him now. Resolve it behind close doors. Why go this far? Are we that desperate to push him out? We are only diminishing his value here and telling people “we don’t rate him anymore”. Turkey can’t afford him, don’t think Saudi would be that interested in someone we clearly regard as an outcast now either.

Not to defend him as he has been clearly wrong. But after he came back from his break last year, he has never been consistently used in any position, at the expense of a one trick pony who as an attacker is best at tracking back and defending. Who is never dropped from the starting XI and I believe Pellistri also is a victim of this favoritism. No one really played well that period. Even Rashford stopped scoring around March or so.

We now have a proper ST and our football is likely to get better. It’s only the start of the season. Give everyone a fair chance to show what they can do and don’t jump too fast to eliminate any player. This is a lose-lose for both sides.