People seem to love these 'novelty' players despite them doing very little of substance. I've seen him in the reserves a couple of times and he looked a poor player in terms of core skills

I remember being at OT watching Darren Fletcher being booed onto the pitch (before he turned the fans around) and in the same game Giuseppe Rossi being cheered wildly like some all conquering hero

I hope the stories of him being treated with disrespect aren't true but I've no issue with him being released for not being good enough