The answer is that he made a handshake deal with Arthur last year before Quantum left. He now wants to stay but as a man of honour he is struggling to go back on his handshake & Arthur is not making it easy for him.
How is making a handshake deal last year with the eels and now not wanting 2 break it make him a man of honour? A man of honour would do what he told us he has been doing NOT talking with any clubs until he decided if he was going 2 stay. A liar is not a man of honour.