Rodgers wanted him, he got him, after twelve months he proved he weren't good enough for Liverpool.
We loan him out, he hardly excels in a sh*t Sunderland side bar one or two good games towards the end of the year.
He comes back, we publicly tell him that we don't want him, we accept bids for him and allow him to talk to other clubs.
He refuses to leave.
How was he expecting game time when the manager told him at the start of the year "you're not in my plans, so we're letting you go"? That's a surefire sign that you're not wanted at the club because the club don't think you're good enough. The club was right. He isn't good enough. He's done very little of any note in his Liverpool games. He might run around but with the ball at his feet, it's so infuriating. I don't know what wages Sunderland were offering him but I doubt it'd be as much as what he was on here and that's why, in my opinion, he stayed.
People discussing why he wasn't selected, well because he weren't good enough. Fair enough, neither are Lambert, Balotelli, Sterling (as a forward) Coutinho (as a forward) or Lallana. But I'd still pick all of them, with the exception of Balotelli, ahead of Borini.
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