It's to avoid any chance of him walking away on a free, same as Toby.
Precedent has now been set, expect all our players to run down their contracts unless a crazy offer is put to them in the first place.
Levy doing a fine Ridsdale impression.
I would like to think Levy is stingey enough to know you don't put bang average players on 4+ year deals above market average. You'll never sell them and end up with the likes of Winston Bogarde sucking the finances dry whilst not playing.