Can't help thinking there may be a little more to this than meets the eye. Obviously a player with ambition and difficult to hold on to. As for a replacement, the statement seems to suggest that there is already someone waiting in the wings (oops). As for the "can't sign anyone until January" stuff, totally wrong. What bigger "emergency" could you have if you have lost your top scorer (goalkeepers apart) albeit that the "emergency" is self-afflicted. The so-called transfer window is a loads of ballcocks and every club is window-shopping so to speak.
Anyone heard of one of these "emergency" loans being blocked by the FA???? I think they positively encouraged side-stepping the regs because they have been forced upon them by those "above" The whole darned thing needs rubbing out and starting again.
