Borini's agent is supposedly saying he wants to stay with us and fight for his place. Depending upon the financial package he could expect at Sunderland, that's quite admirable, knowing who he's up against.
However, would Sunderland, Gus Poyet etc go to the trouble they have all Summer trying to negotiate a fee with us, and we seem to have driven a pretty hard bargain, without the merest idea as to whether Borini was the least bit interested or not, and wouldn't Rodgers have made it clear to Borini where he stood before allowing the club to negotiate his departure all Summer?
Other than journalistic 'made up rubbish' being the reason, something seems rather odd here.