I'm pretty certain he had signed a contract, and that the club could have started legal action etc, but opted not to as it was only a couple days old. Entirely a guess, but I suspect the club felt they had too many other things to concentrate on at the time (mainly getting together a squad...
I completely agree with this. Two correct decisions for Hyypia and Burke to move on, but now they have I don't bear any ill will towards either. Our training ground and academy are superb and if Burke did run their set-up, then he should go with genuine thanks and the best wishes for the future.
To be fair, we didn't just sign a bunch of Championship or League One players. Colunga came from the top flight in Spain (even Ulloa only came from the second division), and Holla came from the top flight in Holland. Then we have several Premier League players on loan, for whom I'd bet we're...