Excellent assessment.
If he has any initial success there, as well as his bank balance his ego will swell to such an extent, that he will start to openly flirt with London club job openings, loathing the commute from Orpington to the cold North East. But it will end on Sunderland's terms...
To correct the figures stated here. BHA paid Murray £3,250 per week. To put that in perspective, at the time, Chopra, Ambrose and dozens of other Championship strikers were paid well over £10,000 per week. But with the promotion virtually a done deal, Poyet didn't particularly rate Murray, so...
Would Gus then be unable to claim damages, as the loss of contractual income with BHA following his sacking, was ultimately replaced with a better paid PL job?