Ashley never fully trusted Pardew if judging by the power Rafa has.
After his Palace "full control" adventure it seems he was right.
You never know with Ashley though...
The journo of the Evening standard article is asked to clarify what he meant with this his confusing sentence about the 5 installments:
So Spurs can't sell him in January and get away with only paying the first installment, which would be stupid.