What about the players wishes?
He could have gone at Christmas, but there was probably an agreement to leg him go in summer.
If we force players to stay against their wishes, agents won’t let upcoming players come to us for fear the will be stuck if they want to move. The decision to stick or twist is not black or white, more shades of grey.
With hindsight, keeping Gueye if he continued playing at a high level vs Gbamin out injured for a season is a no brainier.
However Gueye’s performances may have slumped just like Lescotts did. Fans may have turned against him (were a fickle bunch) or he could have just deteriorated like Voleman.
However, don’t own players souls anymore like the pre Bosman days. When they want to leave......
....they leave