Posted by The Voice of Reason on July 6, 2024, 13:08:46, in reply to "Re: Starting eleven"
Having failed to feature toward the end of the previous season, Rossiter's enforced absence across pre-season was expected to continue into the 2023–24 season.[52] In November 2023, interim manager Andy Mangan confirmed that Rossiter was nearing a return from injury and that he was being used in a coaching capacity for the foreseeable future.[53] In January 2024 however, new manager Matt Taylor admitted that he wasn't planning to have the midfielder available for the remainder of the season.[54] On 6 April 2024, Rossiter was named on the bench in a 2–0 defeat to Bolton Wanderers, his first inclusion in a matchday squad since December 2022.[55] The following week, he made his first appearance, playing the first 51 minutes of a 3–1 victory over Cheltenham Town.[56] Following his return to the team, he revealed that the sixteen month period he had spent on the sidelines was as a result of a one-in-ten-thousand infection that had occurred during a routine knee surgery, the initial injury having only estimated to have him ruled out for a period of four-to-six weeks. He was offered a new contract in May 2024. On 1 July 2024, the club confirmed that he had departed the club having been unable to agree a new deal.