I think before anyone gets emotional about it, it is possible he may well have been negotiating before he came here. Its possible we may not have put a pitch into him or we decided to wait until the end of the season to see how he went before making in an offer. If its the latter then you can't deny the guy the chance to want to secure he future.
no problem with him securing his future, I have an issue with us signing a player as a short term fix to a long term problem.