As Jose Mourinho runs through the wreckage of Tottenham's 3-1 defeat by Liverpool, he'll inevitably revisit a question he has held in the back of his mind since he became Spurs boss: is Serge Aurier worth the hassle?
The latest incident on his rap-sheet saw him storm out of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium at half time after Mourinho elected to take him off at the interval against the Premier League champions.
The Portuguese boss must once again be feeling that the best thing to do, sooner or later, is to cut ties with the 28-year-old.