What is he going to go to court with? Verbal agreements count for nothing legally, so even if that is true, which I doubt, the written contract gives him nothing. he can't go to court, and make Liverpool sell him for well under market value, and to a direct competitor? He's a bigger moron than I already think he is, if he even tries that.
The key statement you make is IF he ever hands in a transfer request, which he has so far not done, for all his talk. So, to date, bitey keeping hold of his bonuses, is more important than this mythical Champions' League football he needs to survive. I mean it is total bollox. What is so important to flying out to Central Asia to play FC Shakhter Karagandy? What will he or any other player in the world gain by doing this? Yes, that's right... MONEY, and that is all this is over.