Maybe it really was just a way to try and make us bring our asking price for Bent. If they were going to pay £5m for Kone then we should just ask for £6m, the last thing I'd want is for us to pay his wages for another year if he isn't in our plans, especially over a few million.
I actually don't mind selling him even for £4m ..
I doubt Lambert cares what he goes for either. What Lerner wants to recoup from a huge investment is what the question is, and he's already taking a very big loss at the £8m asking price.
But he'll lose more if Bent stayed at the Bench for the coming season !
I'd rather sell him for 4m .. and get AMF as soon as possible !
Not many teams would give us what we want for Bent ..