West Ham have told him that he can leave the club, either on a permanent basis or on loan, to me that sounds contradictory(look it up R4J), if you've been told you can leave it usually means the club is willing to cut it's loses, tear your contract up and move on but some are talking how much they'd want for him yet in the same breath it says or it can be on a loan basis but surely for that they'd want a loan fee never mind who pays what proportion of his wages

I don't understand, he's been told he can leave so then it should be for free otherwise if they want to recoup their money he isn't actually free to leave is he, same for the loan, why would they want him back or him even want to go back if he's been told he can leave?