Rogers signed 18 months ago for 10-12m. If we sold this late I would think it's a £100m package, which if offered we should not just rip the arms off, we should lock them in a dark room and keep them there until the money clears. He's the most statistically impressive footballer I've ever witnessed, for a player who hardly ever actually plays well. He has the odd sublime game for sure, but 90% of the time we carry him, he's a walking booking and last few months, looks like he can't be arsed. Anything of that kind of money, sell, bank the money, have long term targets, find the next one.
I did say a few pages back that we’ve regressed as a side with him as a starter.
The fact we can’t play out from the back with the same confidence as we did throughout 2023 is as much to blame for that as anything he does on or off the ball, mind.
But I do recall plenty of games last year where he beats one or two, or even two or three chest out Gazza-style and then presents the ball straight back to the oppo or plays a really basic bitch pass to no one.
As Paul said, the optics are bad if we cash in this window.
But I don’t think I’d be as bothered about him moving in Jan or next summer as I am about JJ’s departure.
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