Could have done the sensible thing and signed for us again, had another 25 games under his belt and another half a season playing well in a team riding high in the league, but chose to go somewhere where he knew he'd be a back-up for the reserve team. He was just building momentum and starting to look quality, but lost all that by making this move.
It's the choice many would have made, but it does mean I haven't got an awful lot of sympathy for him even though it seems to have slightly wrecked his career.