I've said previously that this is an in-club operation, the rags are going to kick him out by appearing to do the 'right thing' and putting the club first.
No reasonably intelligent human being would sit there like Slab did and act out the whole "I'm-a-victim" charade unless directed to by his puppet masters.
For his dignity and moral fibre, and out of the deepest respect for his close friends and family, he should have been man enough to come out and say something like: "Yeah, I fucked up. I got pissed and tried the whole 'Billy Big-Time' routine and came unstuck". He could have made a few routine apologies to all concerned and let the whole incident die a natural death. There would have been many people watching who would have said: "Fair play to him. Been there, done that".
But no, instead he goes on national TV and makes a complete idiot of himself with lie after lie after lie - something no intelligent person would do, unless -as I say- he had little choice.
The rags could now justify tearing up his contract and kicking him out, thus saving face for spending over 80 million pounds on a decidedly 2nd rate player.