If a request has been handed in, then get rid. Wouldnt have said that at the beginning of the season, but the emergence of Rohan Ince and Keith Andrews mean he simply isnt as big a loss as he was before.
That and whats the point of having a player here who no longer wants to play for the club -...
That would be suicide for Gus to do that right away. Yes Bridcutt is a captain in the making, but it certainly wouldnt be popular with the fans and the rest of the Sunderland team that a player just signed from a Championship club with no top-flight experience has been made captain of a side...
And that, TB and Gus probably wont even have much - if any - involvement at all. That and we are a professional club, TB wont block a transfer because of past events.
If your incredibly bitter then no. Besides, dont all the transfers at Sunderland go through their Director of Football (or whatever fancy name they have) ? Same kind of system as we have at BHAFC i believe.