Country: England
Don't disagree with any of that, but if you cave to it then you're also to blame. Absolving the club of any responsibility for a player who had 4 years left on his contract leaving the club is naiive, especially for the paltry fee.
We were both around to witness it so if that's how you feel about it fair enough. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if we put our foot down but we will never know.