Apologies, you're right that he signed after Hyppia joined. My mistake.
In which case I guess the question is why has SH done a U turn on COG so quickly?
So have I got this right?
1 After the previous manager left, but before we had a replacement, we spent £500k on a striker.
2. We then appointed a new manager.
3. The new manager was allowed to say which players he wanted - and the new striker was not one of them.
4. So we're now trying to...