Is it worth keeping him as a squad player considering his alleged propensity to leak things left right and centre to the press, often at the expense of the manager or his teammates? What happens if he doesn't establish himself as a starter and drops out of the England setup altogether? Do we genuinely expect him to quietly crack on and try to work himself back in the team? Because precedence has shown that what we get instead are leaked stories to the usual journalists about him being 'bemused' at lack of game time and how other players are supposedly confused as to why he's not playing.
We don't need that kind of presence in the dressing room. He's not good enough to carry that risk and I'd rather we just bin him off to give Ten Hag the best possible chance. We're gracefully freeing ourselves of the likes of Pogba and Lingard, why not complete the snakepit clearout?