If he is not 100% fit and cant give 100% effort then he shouldn't play, it really is as simple as that. He should not be selected until the injury is sorted out, if he doesn't want surgery and the problem can't be sorted out he should retire or move to another club. I don't think he is so invaluable that he has to play.His hip injury is a massive issue how can you give 100% effort if you are not 100%fit?
He never put surgery off for us,he put it off because he did not want it. To be fair I would not want hip surgery so young with no guarantees it would work either it was not meant to sound like a dig.
Putting aside the injury I feel sorry for him as he is a converted forward. He has only been a midfielder for a few years now and people seem to think he is an attacking one yet he is a defensive minded central midfielder and dembele has stated this several times previously. I think the confusion over his best position does not help when people form the opinion of his form so to speak.