Three options;
- find a way to play the formation Puel wants
- bring in a player(s) who will fit the system
- abandon the system
Whatever option they go for, and they are all possible, do it sooner rather than later.
The Echo reporting he'll be allowed to go out on loan but want to sign a replacement in this window. Whether that's a loan or permanent is not mentioned.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14697042.Saints_will_allow_J_Rod_loan_move/?ref=mr&lp=1
I think you've probably answered your own question there. He maybe 'fit' but he's clearly not match fit and it must be considered highly unlikely he will ever return to the form he had when he was selected for the WC. His game was largely based on pace. Whether he can reinvent himself to an alternative style remains to be seen and perhaps is his only chance to return to the first team. All supposition of course on my behalf.
You think making a trading loss of £85M as in my example is not relevant? Ok then.
Saint-Fred seemed to be trying to demonstrate that we should look at player purchases as being the metric to reflect the Club's investment and that this gave us greater depth of squad. But of course you can't disregard how those purchases were funded or the net effect on the squad depth if you ignore sales both in number of players and value.