He’ll probably go to China and we’ll never hear of him again

“I think he’s been a disgrace to be fair” former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour told Talksport listeners said on Friday’s Sports Breakfast. “Last year, he wanted to leave, his brother is coming out with we want a new challenge, well it’s all about money, he got a new contract, he was happy to sign that to stay at the club. Why did he sign a new contract if he wants to leave, suddenly he signed a new contract, it gets to the summer and this stage of the season and he wants to leave again. It’s not right, it’s not how to act as a footballer. You can leave clubs, but you do it in the right way, you do it with dignity. If I was in that dressing room, I’d be saying: ‘Get rid of him, we don’t need him, we can get other players in with the money, let’s replace him’.

“He’ll probably go to China and we’ll never hear of him again, like Oscar from Chelsea.

“You’d be disappointed as a team-mate, but you’ve got to get these sort of players out the door quickly and move on.

“You imagine Mark Noble, he’s played for West Ham his whole life and will do anything to get West Ham to win games, and every time the transfer window opens his team-mate wants to leave.

“It’s not great for the dressing room.”