He was one of my top picks in fantasy football a few years ago. Quite a few years ago. Would still do a job at Championship level though I would have thought.
Undoubtedly he's played at a high level for a number of years, but never consistently over the course of a season it seems, and it appears he's slowly worked his way from the top to the bottom of the Premier League. Just seems to me that he could well be another one of those 'big future' youngsters who has it all too young, and slowly filters down into being a bit of a nothing player, see Michael Johnson and numerous others as a prime example.
He could be brilliant at this level, or it could be yet another drop on his seemingly continual decline down the leagues. Either way, he wouldn't be cheap.
As a player, I have always thought he was pretty decent, can see him being quite negative for the rest of the squad, as said above, he comes across as a bit of a knob.