England cannot afford to ditch any player with Danny Cipriani's sort of talent according to Brian Moore in The Daily Telegraph.
"The wrangling over whether he will re-sign for Wasps or go abroad is not endearing him to the hierarchy at High Wycombe but this is all part of the professional era; the club must know what is the bottom line and if they are that concerned a once-and-for-all offer is surely not beyond the experienced businessmen in charge.
"If negotiations are dragging out it is their fault for not being decisive, not his for wanting to keep open his options. In these days of money-based decisions any plea for loyalty is quaint, given that reciprocal loyalty is highly unlikely to be offered should Cipriani not continue to be a quality player.
"No, for all the awkwardness that Cipriani seems to engender, there must be something else that is creating this succession of difficulties. Those close to him have no criticisms to make of his commitment to training or playing, but with the praise for this comes qualification that is personal and often maddeningly non-specific — “of course you have to manage him carefully”, or “he is difficult to handle at times”."
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