Quote ="Shifty Cat"he'll continue to turn out for you on match days, a sort of win-win.'"
Not sure it is a win-win.
I'm all for players bettering themselves and have no axe to grind whatsoever with him leaving. What I'm not keen on is someone training full-time with another club with different systems and processes, then expecting to "turn out" for us seamlessly.
I'd rather give the starting shirt to some one who has trained and has been part of the club for the season.
A player turning up on match day cold like that wouldn't be fair on him, the club or the rest of the players IMO.