But, as I understand it, the point being made my some people is that when his "two years" were completed at the end of August he AUTOMATICALLY entered the third year of his contract as ALL footballer contracts renewal negotiations are by default deferred to the following June.
In other words, there were no 'taking up the third year option' discussions at the end of August by EITHER party as he is still 'in contract' until June....it's simply not done in round number of years (my understanding)