If that’s true, then the decision was made under duress - the club was probably strong armed into offering him this deal in order to keep him, which...
True. It’s also quite possible that they didn’t have a plan and seeing as this has worked brilliantly - so far - it seemed like the sensible choice....
In the same article, there’s a Twitter posting from today, which placed him in Leicestershire, so I doubt he’s going to be on the team sheet tomorrow...