BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
I'm quite torn on this one. Best outcome obviously is for Rose to realise he is going nowhere, at least for this season, get fit, knuckle down and get his place back. Which means mending bridges with Poch at least, possibly others.
On the other hand, if he is going to be a disgruntled presence around the place, would we be better off selling him now, as long as we can get the same fee we'd get for a fit Danny Rose? (And get in a suitable replacement of course). There's also no sense in letting his transfer value diminish by keeping him benched just for the sake of making a point. Selling now might be better all round, except it then gives the impression that a player can engineer a move through the media. It sends out the wrong message, and keeps the (somewhat-mythical these days) "selling club" tag alive and kicking.
A bit of a conundrum for Poch and Levy.
I think there is value in letting him stick in the reserves to be honest. He's created that hazard for himself. As a club, we can't be seen to let any player kick up a fuss and basically demand a move so publicly and in such a disruptive fashion on the eve of the season and then give him completely and totally what he wants. We just can't do it, no matter how much value we lose in cash terms, the value to showing players that you damn well better at least respect the club (as Walker did) will be more in the future. We need players bought in to the mission. We need other players to know they aren't bigger than that mission. Otherwise we won't continue to punch above our weight.
It's an incredibly difficult one, but I trust Poch and Levy to go the right way. Would be great if we move to Sessegnon and keep Rose this window. Davies has some fit competition to keep him on his toes in RG and Rose is injured anyway. After trying and manfully failing to get back into the first team, we give him his desired transfer out of the club, to Stoke.
The sad thing is, we probably would have been willing to sell him next summer. Just such bizarre actions from a disrespectful toerag.