You are probably correct as I believe that we gave Tommy Elphick a new contract when he got injured and then sold him to Bournemouth when he was coming back but we didnt expect him to come back as well as he did.
Is it time for TB & PB to play hard ball and insist on signing by 15th June, or no deal and they leave? I dont know if it still is so but it was that players could be approached and offered deals by other clubs from 1st June to 14th June a 2 week period and this was not classed as poaching...