i cant see why else we would sell him tbh. it wasnt a contract issue, because he had 3 years left and there is no way we should be even considering neogeoatiing his contract until next year at the earliest, given that gibbs, kos, rvp, theo, sagna all had hit two or one year left.
he used his contract to get more money and blackmail the club, hoping that they would see the threat of him leaving and just throw money at him. the club turned this around and tested his loyalty by asking him to wait till september after we have dealt with transfers and more urgent contracts first. song claimed he loved us and always wanted to stay yet he clearly didnt because he would have said, fine sort out the more urgent things first then deal with me. he didnt, he wanted more money and started being disruptive so the club said fuck off.