It's funny how the narrarive changes week by week Grigo, isn't it? 9 months ago, Alfie was the best thing since sliced bread, a month ago he was a waster who needed punted and now he is the best thing since sliced bread again. The truth is, Morelos has probably been our best player (and if not the best pretty close to it) for the majority of his time with us. He is going to be a big loss to our team, if he goes.
Like you Grigo, I am at the point where I think the time is probably right for Morelos to move on. Not because I am fed up with the circus that surrounds him (I dont really care much about that - most of it is just noise that doesn't really matter much in the grand scheme of things) but because I think we are at the stage where using part of the fee we receive for him to further re-shape the squad might give us the best chance of winning the league. We need to improve, as a minimum, the midfield and, joining the dots, it looks like we probably need to sell someone before we can buy. Selling Morelos isn't without risk; it only turns out to be a good move if we re-invest part of the cash and improve the team.
Personally, I don't think Roofe (who, from what I have seen, I like as a player) or Itten (early days of course, but I don't think it is unreasonable to at least be a little bit twitchy at the moment about that signing), either separately or together, will prove to be as good as Morelos. That's fine, I don't have a problem with that so long as the sum of the parts (including a new midfielder or two) is better. But it might not be - we might go and buy a midfielder who turns out to be a pig in a poke and, before we know it, our starting centre forward isn't as good as Morelos and our midfield isn't improved. But them's the breaks. No point in us worrying about what the downside is. Far better to be positive and back the hope that Wilson and Gerrard can in fact take £6m or whatever from the sale of Alfie and buy a player or two who improves the midfield.
Assuming he goes, I'll be sorry to see Alfie go and will remember him fondly as a player who contributed a lot to us. If others want to ignore what he has done for us on the pitch and instead remember him as some sort of trouble making malcontent, that is up to them.