It wasn't met, but he made it obvious he wanted out and I suspect they decided to take the money now so they had plenty of time to sort a replacement.
Utterly barmy that his career transfer fees have surpassed 22 million yet he's never played at a level above the Championship.
West Ham striker Diafra Sakho's £16m move to West Brom has fallen through. Wissam Ben Yedder was unveiled as a Sevilla player today. He cost them just €9m.
On a completely unrelated topic, do you know what's going on at the Fox & Coney, doesn't seem to have been open recently and I've just noticed a skip outside, is someone else having a go?
I don't live in the village anymore, but a quick chat with my mate has revealed that somebody new is coming in and enterprise have (in a shock move) paid for some renovations. When I had it they refused to update the hotel rooms, which was a shame because some of them are quite nice. Looks like they're doing it now. Should be open later this month.