It would make for a strange forum if we only debated retrospectively don't you think. Surely debating what might happen as a consequence of actions and decisions is just, if not more, relevant?
I guess he's basing that with what we know happened during the summer, the constant media speculation and of course his interview on MOTD. He might be wrong, he's just expressing an opinion on reasonable circumstantial evidence but he might be right. So your roll-eyes icon is a little strange.
Sounds like he's been for the off pretty much since he arrived so playing him against Millwall, even if he was still in the country, would have been a pointless exercise.
It was Koeman in his post-match comments (I believe). The point being, club representatives (at all clubs a) say all sorts of things which, much of the time, make our parliamentarians look decidedly honest.