I know he's at one of the best clubs in the world but if this kid had any ambition left, he'd have taken a leaf out of james milner's book and put in a transfer request.
I mean where has he gone ffs? As far as I'm aware he's not injured, so if that's the case, the treatment he's receiving has been a complete disgrace imo. At the moment he can't even get a place on the bench, despite the fact that there's now 7 substitutes in every game. Ok in a 4-2-3-1 he wasn't going to feature because he can't play in that system but now we've gone back to 4-4-2 where he'd be ideal he still doesn't get a look in.
This despite the fact that he's the only natural wide player in the entire squad when we're crying out for width from anywhere. He's also a decent crosser of the ball and is one of the few players we have who will genuinely attempt to take a fullback on. He's the only player I've really seen give Ashley Cole the runaround on more than one occasion.
What's going on? If he's not in the managers plans then why has he not been sold to Blackburn as was originally planned or why has the player said he's "happy to stay" and pick up his wages when he's hardly playing?