I contribute a huge amount of this to Rodgers, I get the impression he can be very difficult if things don't go his way.
I can imagine the "it's clear you don't back me" and "I've been doing this a long time, this is how it works" comments are very persuasive. The bloke must be an absolute master of managing up the chain and persuading his bosses that if they don't dish out this big contract then we won't survive, especially when you compound that with us being in such an uncharted territory post league win.