Or: He was pushed and refuses to go angling either for a payout (fudge that shark) or just holding on until we fail to make the 6 and his contract is voided while making it look better on his CV that he saw the season out.
Dome is playing a politic game when the facts are they want rid and if they could they would just tell him to sling his hook but that won't play well on the PR front so they are working the more gentle angles.
My bet is that he was told two weeks ago when this forum was pretty certain he'd been told and the club have been negotiating with him about an early departure until he jumped the gun to try and put the club in an awkward spot.
