http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/15251952.Albion_confident_of_holding_on_to_in_demand_Stockdale/?ref=mr&lp=1
The headline says BHA confident of holding on to Stockdale, but the text says optimistic.
In which case there are several people on Nsc who professed to be 'in the know', aren't. Several said that he hadn't signed it because it only offered one year and he wanted two.