They can’t choose to sell to another club
they are obligated to sell to us for a fee that’s already negotiated
I’m just putting it out there that Abdul’s form cannot be going under the radar. If his agent gets a better offer than we’ve made then whilst we can presumably force him to sign for us on a legal basis, you wouldn’t want to have a player who doesn’t want to be here. I don’t think it’s never happened for a club to sign a player who they’ve had on loan and then immediately sell them elsewhere, making a few quid on the way.
of course he would be unlikely to decide he didn’t want to be here for a mid table PL club. It would have to be a club playing in europe or one of the rich six to turn his head that much.