I suspect he'll not sign anywhere before 1st August in order that he can pull in his last (bumper) month's salary from the Albion. And who can blame him?
They do. But football contracts have this quirk that if you leave a club and don't have a new club in July you get one month extra paid up. It's because of this that Sidwell will not be ours until 1st August - he'll pull in a month at the higher rate from Stoke first.