For a bit of balance, not to mention valuable insight, here's a reference (link below) from Potter's wikipedia page. Clearly his missus was not thrilled to be asked to relocate to not far outside the Arctic Circle, especially as the couple had an 11 month old baby to consider. But she did it...
Well it is and it isn't. On a footballing level it's pretty damn hilarious. On a human level it's actually quite disturbing. Bloke needs to walk away for the sake of his sanity and his family and f*ck the payoff
For the sake of his MH it would be far better for him to walk rather than pile more pain on himself by sticking it out in pursuit of another paid-up contract. Some things are more important