The hope is that he will be better suited to the new tactics. Can't have been easy for a young player of his type to fit into Roy's way of playing. Maybe it won't work out with him but there has to be hope he'll do well.

He's got a groin injury of some sort.

thought I read somewhere he had surgery on his groin, so won't feature again This season.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

He had surgery few days ago & as you state OG mentioned in his 'presser' before the L'pool game . . . [Link]

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

Franca will come good - he has high technical ability but more significantly he has a bit of vision, he sees space, not just a headless chicken winger. He troubled me on his first appearance v Spurs, attempting tricks in front of the penalty area, but my granny would improve with Glasner's coaching and if he improves as much as Hughes and Mateta have done he could be very good indeed. Looks a little light weight and more of an impact sub at the moment, but he was always considered as a long term prospect. He might not get up to the Olise/Eze level but he mght not end up that far off it. His current injury has been in the public domain for some time.

Watch him improve like Mateta.. when he gets run.. look at Silva at Man City not big but what a player.. I see Franca in a similar vein..