Because Gelhardt and his family obviously wanted to stay and sign a new contract after being offered the chance of being a permanent first team squad member with the promise of first team football which Paul Cook has since delivered on. Rather than fanny about in a Premier League youth team.
He has less than two years left on his deal. That’s nowhere near long enough for my liking. Come January he’ll have 18 months left and clubs will start lowballing, knowing that they have us by the bollocks. Get it extended by another two years right now!