Maybe he thinks his plan B player should be worth £15 million (or however much we can sell him for). Also he might be happy to keep Carroll, but thinks it's only fair to tel him he'll be a bench warmer and has asked him if he's happy with that.
if Sigurdsson signs and we don't sign any other midfielders I think he should be expecting to play most games. He'll be ahead of Cole, Adam, Aquilani, henderson and Shelvey in the pecking order.
Also talk of Sky ripping up their contract. Would they just be able to do that? What if Rangers or Celtic had been relegated through league form (highly unlikley I know)