If this is true then it’s great news. Yes, it may only mean getting a higher transfer value but puts us in a win win scenario.
I think we may get next season out of him too.
Unfortunately, I can see that the stalling on the new contract is simply another way of running it down to the end of this season, at which point we’d then need to sell, as he’d only then have a year left on it.
Hopefully my instinct is wrong.