If you can explain how they got him to hand in a transfer request, I'll agree with you.
Any number of incentives or threats. It goes against every instinct I have that he suddenly decided he wanted to leave on the last day of Janurary after a massive offer was made.
No one can force a player to hand in a written transfer request though and he could easily have said No.
I never said 'force'. There's blame on both sides.