The players know he is leaving, when he tells them who he will be going to, I don't think that changes whether they are cool or pissed with it. It's not about naming the new club, its about how he went about it.Transparency is a critical leadership attribute.
He should have just kept quiet, or said he was still deciding his future and then announced it all when his decision was made, which it probably was at the time, but he got sucked in by Danny Weidler for an exclusive at his own expense cause he's a dumb can't