Mental. Actively sabotaging the club.
Option A) give Rafa a 2m pay rise and 60m to spend how he wants. No protests, the club stays up and is worth 300 odd million and player values are high and the stadium packed. Happy days
Option B) get a fat patsy knacker in, waste 60m on players who don't fit the team and who Bruce will ruin any value in. Protests and scrutiny every week. Relegation. 10,000 empty seats losing you millions over a season. Club worth half the amount.
Tough choice to be fair. And even for any brainwashed Ashley sympathisers. Suppose for arguments sake Rafa was never staying regardless, then the ball was in Ashleys court to still do the right thing by going out and getting a good manager and letting him sign his own players.
You don't hire Steven roger Bruce ffs