I didn't accuse him of hiding. I just said he strikes me as someone who no longer enjoys playing football.
There have been footballers before who admitted after retiring that they got no enjoyment out of it but had no idea what else to do with their lives.
A club can only pay up a contract with the agreement of the player. Unless a player has another club lined up, there's not much incentive for them to accept it.
I think the bit that was the gym is now the sensory room. Doug could be be hard nosed and have that converted, but it would not be good PR.
At a lot of grounds the "studio" is an executive box. We have plenty of them.
It was reduced to 10% when we collected all the other add ons. Which as the transfer fee isn't as massive as dreamed of, probably worked out as a good bit of business. Brighton will then get 15% of our payout.