"It's one of those things that happen in football, thirty million is an awful lot of money, a £12m profit over two years. You cannot refuse that sort of money. Obviously it's different for the fans. They see him as having walked out on the club but, once the speculation started, I wasn't surprised at all that he left. He's been brave enough to make a professional, football decision. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLUBS IN THE WORLD WANTED HIM AND HE WANTED TO BETTER HIMSELF”