Interesting that he opted to do the interview if he was going to sandbag those questions, I wonder if the club organized it?
To me it makes sense that he wants to bump up his value, he obviously has confidence in his own ability which is not a bad thing. Maybe we low balled him with our previous offers and he's just getting advice from his manager that his contract value will only go up with senior exposure... hard to argue.
Perhaps he's playing his cards close to his chest until he gets a satisfactory offer from us, but at the same time that wouldn't prevent him from throwing the supporters a bone in the process.
If there's any consolation it's that it's on him to play well, both parties want the same thing in terms of his performance; he wants the best contract offer possible and we want a well-performing player or maximum trade value.
Hope he stays though.