Having insisted that Josh McQuoid wasn't going anywhere, Cherries Chairman Eddie Mitchell has since been reported as saying in the Bournemouth Evening Echo as saying: "We had a third bid late on Wednesday and both Eddie and myself decided it would be best if Josh were to stay with us. Out of courtesy, Eddie, I believe, phoned Josh and spent a long time talking to him about the future. I believe Eddie asked Josh what his thoughts were and his thoughts were that he wanted to go now. Although his decision was very much to mine and Eddie’s disappointment, I believe it was the correct thing to do to let him go. In my opinion, we want people who want to play for the club and who want to help the club be successful. Josh always gave us his best and was fantastic for us. He decided now would be a better time to move than later. Had we not agreed to let him go, we would have run the risk of going to a tribunal and, with him not wanting to sign a new contract with us, we really had nowhere to go but to accept the offer. We’re trying to build a club and Eddie is trying to build a team. We’re trying to put the club on the map but have still got a long way to go. Until we get there, there is always going to be pressure to let players go because they can earn bigger wages elsewhere. In years to come, maybe, one day we will become less of a selling club and more of a buying one".