You don't see the relevancy?
You highlighted Poyet's comment that it would make no sense to have told Bloom he wanted to leave in the summer, but then turn down Reading. However, when Taricco was asked about the Reading speculation (a few days after it happened), he implied that Reading would...
The point is, they won't ensure that two parties remain together for the length of the contract, but they do provide for security and financial compensation if either side wishes to break the contract. Poyet wanted to break the contract; was he prepared to pay the financial consequences of that...
That same contract also represents a commitment on the part of Poyet to manage the club for 3 years, or however long the term was.
In the aftermath of the Palace defeat, Poyet said:-
That sounds to me like someone who is willing to break a contract when it suits him. I wonder if he offered to...