It's a shame but not surprising when thinking about it.

He's 30 and out of contract in summer, this gives him a prem club on a multi-year contract and a chance to regularly play again.

For us, we shift an 80K player who isn't playing out - great for our FFP and we get a fee, rumoured to be around £10 million, which is great for a player we could lose for free in summer.

Good luck to him.