Then why has the line about STCC been at the forefront whenever he is discussed with leaving mate?
Only one or two people who have stuck to that script have discussed that as the reason.
If you base things on fact, you look at what happened last summer, look at Everton's complete lack of care in regards to speculation about Stones, and you can come to the conclusion that his sale is just a common sense outcome of very identifiable factors.
This "freeing up space for wage spend" blah blah is a complete red herring to me.