Remember when he was allegedly homesick, but was sound when he upped sticks to Germany?
I would blame Big Sam, but he seemed to be giving it the mardy arse act before he came to the club.
It's certainly a weird one with him...
He hasn't established himself under 3 managers across an 18 month period.
Yes he is young and yes he appeared to play well for energy drink FC, but at times we have been flat and useless, and yet he still couldn't make the side.
I remember the Boro away game after he had recently signed and I was hoping he would really stake a claim for a starting berth then. He was erratic all game and that sort of sums up his period here.
Sometimes things just don't work out.
Look at Pienaar at Spurs vs Here.
If they match our valuation then a deal will probably happen. I expect we will not sell though unless we have the wheels in motion for Lozano, Doucoure, Zakaria or similar quality to strengthen in January.