He was in the awful Southampton coached by the most charlatan ever seen coach benched ever . Why? Because he is a risky player for a loser team under a loser coach.
And this is what is happening here now.
It’s just wishful thinking so we don’t have to admit the signing was ill-conceived. Chelsea signed him because he was a solid championship attacker and used him primarily in that type of role when he played. We either bought him to do similar or...
Maybe I’m just not understanding what you mean by his hands were tied.
On the time part of it: he really doesn’t get time. He’s two decades into his career and the team has very few developing players regularly playing. Also the ones who are...
Right but we didn’t trigger it so we didn’t have to sign him. We chose to make the signing, chose to do a short term deal and now are choosing to leave him out of the team.