He's been drifting in the wrong direction for a while, but it would do our fans well to appreciate the complete package the player is. His motor hasn't been good enough for a high pressing game for quite some time but removing him removes a lot of qualities within our team. In particular, his size and vision allows him to maintain possession even when swarmed, which is incredibly useful and often creates space for other attackers to exploit. He's an incredibly gifted footballer and it's far too simplistic to think that putting someone in with a better engine would result in better results for us. We'd probably be exchanging one problem for another, unfortunately.