Didn't realise that he had been on trial so I stand corrected. I have made the same point though on several threads that, as you say, Rod was already out of the first team picture before he was sold so there was no pressing need to fill the gap.
Agree. Rod was surplus because Thompson was promoted to the first team ahead of him. Really don't understand why people are now complaining about getting a fee for a player who was realistically not even going to make the bench.....