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Fair enough, then we're not really disagreeing. Well the odds are a big part of the decision. If it's evens, I guess I'd bet on him leaving, but I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed.

You said he'd go without a doubt. So no doubt at all - none. I simply pointed out that it's not a given, there is doubt. Well what odds am I getting? With no doubt at all, I imagine the odds of him staying are pretty long, and I'd like to take them.

So firstly he said he'd struggle, not that it's impossible. Secondly, keeping the team together would mean not losing any player, whereas you're saying it's guaranteed Knockaert would go. It wouldn't surprise me if there were conversations like that, but I doubt they were with Knockaert since...

I think (know) it's possible. So why didn't Stephens go last summer? Like he did with Stephens. I suspect he didn't have a group meeting where he said that to everyone. It's particularly unlikely he said 'one more year' to players who hadn't even been with us one year don't you think? Do you...

That must be based on the fact that he doesn't want to leave, we don't want him to leave, he's under contract, and we have a history of not letting important players leave even if they want to.