Pardew : “My view is that he can’t play out wide. He has not got the relish for it and his best football comes through the middle."
In his carrer, he played more out wide than in the hole. He was better centrally, behind the striker. He always expresses his preference for the number 10 role but never complained to be placed out wide.
no one said anything about he complaining or not, Pardew is the manager, if Pardew think he can't play there, he won't play there.