Other people did too
But when you go up a division, if you do that sort of thing it could cost you about 5 points per season - And that could be the difference in staying up or not
I think the last game of the season up at Villa showed up some frailties in his game and going into the Premiership you really need to make sure that you spend wisely. So decent as he is I think I wouldn't be looking at throwing a 2 or 3 year deal at him either.