You know your time is up at a football club when the manager comes out and says he doesn't understand why you're still there.
That is the fate of Oumar Niasse at Everton, it would seem, after manager Ronald Koeman this week reiterated that he sees no place for the Senegal striker in his plans this season.
Signed for a hefty £13.5m from Lokomotiv Moscow back in January, Niasse has barely kicked a ball and it soon became painfully apparent in training that he wasn't up to Premier League standard.
Yet, despite interest over the summer, Niasse remains on the books at Goodison Park - and on a rather decent wage for someone kicking his heels around the training ground and reserve team.