I suspect he may have been told to pipe down by someone in the club. Look, Gus will be told, this is the budget, if you don't have the ability or will to work with that then you are free to speak to other clubs and as long as the Albion get full payment for the rest of your contract, plus some...
Its possible we are near the "roof" as Gus puts it,... we are virtually at capacity (30k), we are paying decent money for seats, we are selling more pies and beer and corporate junkets than lord knows what, we have a top line sponsorship deal, we have spent the best part of a year trimming...