Fans want him gone but not at £19 million
A ClaretandHugh poll posed the question as to whether he should be allowed to leave following a £19 million offer from the orient.
With over 1800 voting a total of 1,156 have (62.28pc) have voted that he should stay with 700 (37.32 pc) agreeing he should move on.
There’s little question among them that were the offer to be at between £25-£30 million then they would wave him a very happy goodbye after the destabilising attitude of him and his brother over the last several months.
Among the comments accompanying the vote were:
O 20 per cent pay back to Stoke…bin him off for £35m
O Hopefully we can get a few more million but if that money doesn’t come in, get rid of before he ruins another season.
O Get rid and he can rot in China
O They have a contract to honour. I would rather let him rot in the reserves for 4 years than sell him on the cheap. A message needs to be sent. If you sign a contract, you honour it, or pay your own way out of it so the club secures the valuation it requires.