ok boyhood club which has brought him through and made him the player he is, stood by him through some serious shit (including alleged attack on team mate which broke his jaw and most other clubs would quite rightly have terminated his contract for and could have lost us said defender) made him no 9 and hands in transfer request, doesn't add up however he was under no obligation to move, he could easily have rejected liverpool and said i'm saying.
most curious and i'm sure we'll see plenty of theorys in the sunday rags