It's a shame he wasn't binned "with cause" at the time. To buy out his contract and get rid now will limit what we can spend now under ffp. To keep him on will cost wages yet to play him will bleed fans and, based on performances, he isn't going to attract buyers. He needs a sequence of good performances to compensate for his "baggage" but doesn't seem capable in present mindset.

There is no right answer but I'd say he needs to be given the rest of the season off for some period of introspection and rehab. There's a player in there but he has to understand how to release the talent consistently and to control petulance and yellowcarditis.

There have been players who mental issues have stymied "glittering careers", some have overcome them, others haven't. Give him the head space and opportunity to overcome, or hand him on to another club who will (sadly using our money)