Maybe that’s where there was also a bit of a sting in this for him, too.
There’s no doubting that the Hilton legacy will lead to a two-tier wage structure this summer but equally I’d expect – even hope – the club listens to offers for players on Hilton money, particularly Roberts.
Agreed. My point, really, was that perhaps that two-tier thing is why Butterfield and his wife felt so affronted? Perhaps they imagined that, as he was so popular, Butler and the club would bend their own ‘new financial rules’ just to keep him, and perhaps it took them by surprise that they would not – hence the outpourings on social media.
