If there was a single bit of competency leading the club, we would have gone all out to try and keep our most gifted and consistent player no matter what it takes. Then again he probably wouldn't want to leave anyway if we were a well ran club. He is basically taking a sideways step to a better ran club who regularly play in Europe which is exactly where we should be if we weren't owned by an absolute amateur and his posse of helmets.
Losing him makes us even weaker which is really boss for a team that is currently flirting at relegation level.
Depressing times these.