We are talking about a nominal fee, likely far less than the cost of his wages if we then couldn't offload him. We wouldn't have triggered that extension unless we wanted him to stay and play.
They had the French football expert on Talk sport who said they couldn't stop them from entering the Europa League as they qualified for it. Time will tell as they have appealed the decision too relegate them. Same bloke owns them who had shares in Palace and just sold them.