Don't think it was naive at all, all he said was a club record fee, which if I recall would be anything above the £1.75 million we got for O'Donnell, so could be £5 m.
We are not even sure if he will be away, as that assumes there are big clubs out there willing to spend lots of cash on a great prospect but in reality an unproven player,.
In my opinion another season developing and continuing to scores goals and the big clubs will be queuing up to sign him, plus we will get the benefit on the pitch as well.