He's been here for 5 years, he barely gave us 10 good matches and yet, here is, moving into his 6 year with us until we hope he finally fecks in the horizon. I am not even sure that will happen. If he can give us 2-3 decent games then people will recall how talented he is and we might even give him a long term contract because of it. FFS he might even hold us to ransom telling us that the moment is gone and we were stupid not to offer him a new contract before. That's the kind of situation we're in.
However he's not alone to have lingered at Hotel Manchester United. Anderson stayed with us for 8 years, Hargreaves hoped in and out of the treatment room for 4 years. Rojo can only justify 4 months of decent football in the past 4 years. Darmian is still here despite being cack. Ah and I almost forgot those who overstayed. Carrick, Gaz, Keane, Giggs....the list is endless. God knows what they contributed to the team during their last year of contract and if a player has ties to the manager then we make sure we pay the debt on his behalf (Valdes, Bastian, Owen).
That's the reason why United are in this sorry state. Players have no urgency to improve and certainly no fear that one mistake can cost them their career at this great club. We are slow to lose patience and very quick to get excited about and to forgive.
If its true that he refused to go to Everton then I honestly wonder what the feck we're playing him for. Let him rot with the U18s up until the time is ripe for him to feck off and give Mitchell a chance.