Well I just had an interesting call with a customer at work who is good friends with, non-other than, Steve Gibson.
He told me that Gibson was (initially) completely caught off guard by RE wanting to take the job here. RE didn't speak to him for a couple of days while it was all breaking and then turned up to say he wanted out and he'd agreed to become boss here. Gibson owns a 5* hotel near the Middlesbrough training ground which RE had been staying in 6 nights a week. Gibson had all of Rob's belongings removed from his room and put into storage, to eventually be sent back to him. And he also gave Rob a £70k hotel bill...
During negotiations, Rob wanted his whole contract paid up, but Gibson refused and eventually they agreed on paying him to the end of this season, less the £70k hotel bill. Maybe not breaking news, but to say he left on bad terms would perhaps be an understatement.
#ITK